Private sector support for IDPs

The private sector has assured its assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in revamping their resettlement activities in the North. Chairman Maubima Lanka Foundation, Ariyaseela Wickramanayake said that North is a 90 percent agri based economy and the government must introduce new technology, and provide other facilities for these IDPs to get back and engage in their professions.

In addition to fruits like mangoes and grapes, onions, potatoes, chilies, grains and maldive fish are specialties of the Northern farmer. Dairy production too is famous in that sector. Sri Lanka is annually spending Rs. 50 billion to import these commodities, and if this money can be diverted to the North the per capita income of a person would be higher than of an average South Asian.