{"id":38465,"date":"2015-02-12T19:10:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T00:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=38465"},"modified":"2015-02-12T21:13:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T02:13:32","slug":"1000-acres-of-northern-lands-under-army-control-to-be-given-back-to-owners1022-displaced-families-to-be-re-settled-in-220-acre-model-village-in-valikamam-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=38465","title":{"rendered":"1,000 Acres of Northern Lands Under Army Control to be Given back to Owners; 1,022 Displaced Families to be Re-settled in 220 Acre Model Village in Valikamam North."},"content":{"rendered":"


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Meera Srinivasan
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The Sri Lankan government will release 1000 acres of land in its Tamil-majority North Province that were until now under the Army\u2019s control, senior Ministers said following a Cabinet decision on Thursday.<\/p>\n

To start with, the government would resettle 1,022 families displaced by the war in a model village that is to come up in 220 acres in Valikamam North, in northern part of Jaffna Peninsula, according to Minister for Resettlement D.M. Swaminathan.<\/p>\n

Ever since the war ended in May 2009 thousands of Northern Tamils have been demanding that their land be released so that they could return to the land where their homes once stood. Their homes, several old schools and places of worship were gobbled up by the High Security Zone which only the army had access to.<\/p>\n

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Thousands dislocated during the country\u2019s brutal war still live in camps for internally displaced persons. Even after this move of the government, the Sri Lankan Army will have control over 5,000 acres of private land in its high security zones.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working out the modalities [of returning the land]. There are aspects pertaining to ownership and possession which we have to look into. We will closely work with the TNA and the northern people to expedite the process,\u201d Mr. Swaminathan told press persons.
\nGenocide resolution<\/p>\n

His announcement comes two days after the TNA-led Northern Provincial Council passed a resolution on the Sri Lankan government\u2019s \u201cgenocide against Tamils.\u201d<\/p>\n

On whether the resolution had caused a rift between the government and the TNA \u2014 its ally in the recent presidential election that brought about a regime change in Sri Lanka \u2014 the Minister said: \u201cThe resolution was probably due to a political compulsion. It will not hamper the government\u2019s relationship with the TNA.\u201d The government would also take measures to release Army-controlled land in the Eastern Province and in the southern parts of the island, he said.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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by Meera Srinivasan The Sri Lankan government will release 1000 acres of land in its Tamil-majority North Province that were until now under the Army\u2019s control, senior Ministers said following a Cabinet decision on Thursday. To start with, the government would resettle 1,022 families displaced by the war in a model village that is to …<\/p>\n

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