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Elders in North under Govt care -NP Governor

Northern Province Governor Maj.Gen. G. A. Chandrasiri refuted reports in sections of the Tamil media that the Government and Provincial Administration had no programs to look after the destitute elders of the province and that thousands of them were languishing in their homes after returning from IDP villages in Chettikulam, Vavuniya with no one to care for them.

He also refuted as totally false the accusations of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarians that some of the 500 tractors gifted by the Government of India for farmers of the Northern Province were not distributed among them, but were brought to the South.

All 500 tractors were distributed among farmers of the five Northern districts as per the directions of Minister Basil Rajapaksa who is Chairman of the Task Force for Northern Development. The final batch was distributed last week by Namal Rajapaksa MP in Mullaitivu, the Governor said.

The home for the elders at Kaithady, run by the provincial administration, already houses over 250 destitute elders and would accommodate more if any interested parties would approach the authorities, the Governor said.

The reports are, purportedly, based on random surveys conducted by some NGOs and neither the National Government nor the provincial administration have been notified of them, he said.

If these reports are factual and the details could be furnished to him, he would take steps to house as many elders as possible in the Kaithady home and take up the cases of the rest with the relevant Ministry and the Social Services Department, he said.

The bulk of the fertile red soil in the Northern peninsula has now come under cultivation due to financial assistance, fertiliser subsidy , free seeds and other incentives extended by the Government. According to latest reports, vegetable cultivation was to the tune of Rs. 10 billion and paddy production was over 45,000 metric tonnes.

 

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