President orders speedy relief for Mutur victims

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has implemented a speedy relief scheme for those displaced due to LTTE violence in Mutur.

Following a presidential directive, all ministries were requested to assist in the scheme to provide temporary shelter, food, health, security and other facilities to the victims.

Already the Ministries of Disaster Management, National Integration, Social Services and the North Central Provincial Council have coordinated with other agencies to provide food commodities and other relief measures to the tune of rupees 10 million, a communique from the Presidential Secretariat stated.

In addition dry rations, temporary sheds, bed-linen and hospital equipment have been despatched to the affected areas with doctors, nurses and health workers added to the existing staff.

The government has also sent surgeons and required blood to perform surgery in hospitals of those areas.

The people affected by the forcible closure of the Mawilaru sluice gates by the LTTE have been provided with drinking water and generators.They are also provided with cooked meals.

A ministerial team comprising A. H. M. Fowzie, Anwer Ismail, Rishard Bduideen, Abdul Majeed, Amir Ali, Hussel Baila and A. L. M. Athaulla visited the affected areas yesterday with officials from the North Central Province to meet the needs of the affected people. The government also appeals to NGOs to help in the humanitarian causes of these displaced persons.