UNICEF to build toilets for IDPs in Vavuniya

Mohammed NAALIR

UNICEF will build toilets in the IDP welfare villages in Vavuniya which were recently set up to temporarily settle displaced Tamil civilians from the Wanni, Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Ministry sources said.

Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Minister Rishad Badhiudeen held discussions with officers of UNICEF at his Ministry in regard to sanitation facilities for the IDPs, Ministry Secretary U.L.M. Halaldeen said. He said that innocent Tamil civilians who escaped from the clutches of LTTE terrorists are now housed in welfare camps and IDP welfare villages in Vavuniya.

Haleem said that the Government has made all arrangements in the welfare camps and IDP welfare villages to look into the basic needs of the IDPs.

He said the Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Ministry has set up special relief offices in the IDP welfare villages to carry out immediate relief work for IDPs.

The assistance of Government officers and Grama Niladharis of the area is also being obtained for the purpose. Additional labourers have also been deployed in the relief villages and welfare camps to help the IDPs.