613 More Acres Held by Armed Forces in Kilinochchi & Mullaittivu Released

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October 06, 2015

In consistent with the new government’s policy to release more and more civilian lands, held by Armed Forces for security requirements during the war in Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu Districts, the President Maithripala Sirisena in the course of the National Sowing and Cultivation ceremony, held at Waddakachchi, Kilinochchi on Monday (5), formally released 613 more acres of land to original land-owners and for resettlement of displaced civilians.

Those 613 acres, belonging to Kilinochchi District (474 acres) and Mullaittivu District (139 acres) were being used earlier by tri-services under the Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) & Security Force Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) for security purposes as the fight against terrorism was intensifying before May 2009, the Army Media reported.

Earlier, the government in a similar move released 1000 acres of land in the North as a gesture of goodwill soon after the President Maithripala Sirisena was elected to office in January, this year.

This national ceremony on Monday (5) at Waddakachchi was attended by Governor for Northern Province, Ministers, State Minister of Defence, Chief Ministers, Parliamentarians, Secretary Defence, District and Divisional Secretaries, Commander of the Army, together with Navy and Air Force Chiefs, Inspector General of Police, SFHQ Commanders and civilians in the area.