The Jaffna citizens have expressed their gratitude to the Government for returning their lands. Noteworthy is the return of the lands in High Security Zone to the rightful owners, without posing any threat to national security.

The Jaffna Administrative District comprises 1,025 square kilometres. The total population within the District is 559 thousand 619. There are 15 Divisional Secretariat Divisions and the number of Grama Niladhari Divisions is 435. Agriculture is the main livelihood of the people in the region. The total area that covered the High Security Zones is more than 1000 acres.

The Present Government has taken initiatives to return these lands to the owners stage by stage. The vesting of all these private lands other than the state land will be done in another stage of the programme launched by the Government to upgrade the living standards of these people.

The Jaffna civilians are grateful to the Government for the measures taken by the Government to return their lands.These civilians claimed that they are receiving their lands after several years and are happy about it. They said they value the initiatives taken by the Government to hand over their lands.