3,000 displaced families to be resettled

Plans are under way to resettle 3,000 internally displaced families in 35 villages in the Vavuniya district by early next month.

The Uthuru Wasanthaya Task Force chief and Senior Presidential Advisor and Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa told a progress review meeting at the Vavuniya District Secretariat that these families would be resettled by August 7.

The meeting centered on sectors such as agriculture, road, irrigation, education, health, electricity, drinking water, resettlement and de-mining. It was agreed to allocate Rs. 9.4 million for the Paavattakulam irrigation scheme and six million rupees for the Iratta-Periyakulam irrigation scheme.