Almost 50 battalions moved out from North
February 22, 2015, 10:36 pm By Shamindra Ferdinando
The army has released 26,865 out of 34,561 acres of land held by five security forces commands in the Northern and Eastern Provinces since the conclusion of the war in May 2009 up to Dec. 2013.
Land has been released in stages with the people living in area covered by Security Forces headquarters, Jaffna being the main beneficiary.
The releasing of land commenced in late Oct, 2010 in the Jaffna peninsula.
According to Defence Ministry records, of 33,156 acres held by the Jaffna command, 26,729 acres had been released as at Dec. 2013.
A senior security official told The Island that security forces commands in Vanni (69 acres), Kilinochchi (632 acres), Mullaitivu (572 acres) and East (132 acres) had held a total of 1,405 acres of land at the end of war, whereas the Jaffna command alone occupied a staggering 33,156 acres.
Asked whether private land in areas outside the Jaffna command, too, had been released, the official said that as at Dec. 2013, 12 acres of land in Vanni, 71 acres in Kilinochchi, 15 acres in Mullaitivu and 38 acres in East had been released on a staggered basis.
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February 22, 2015, 10:36 pm By Shamindra Ferdinando
The army has released 26,865 out of 34,561 acres of land held by five security forces commands in the Northern and Eastern Provinces since the conclusion of the war in May 2009 up to Dec. 2013.
Land has been released in stages with the people living in area covered by Security Forces headquarters, Jaffna being the main beneficiary.
The releasing of land commenced in late Oct, 2010 in the Jaffna peninsula.
According to Defence Ministry records, of 33,156 acres held by the Jaffna command, 26,729 acres had been released as at Dec. 2013.
A senior security official told The Island that security forces commands in Vanni (69 acres), Kilinochchi (632 acres), Mullaitivu (572 acres) and East (132 acres) had held a total of 1,405 acres of land at the end of war, whereas the Jaffna command alone occupied a staggering 33,156 acres.
Asked whether private land in areas outside the Jaffna command, too, had been released, the official said that as at Dec. 2013, 12 acres of land in Vanni, 71 acres in Kilinochchi, 15 acres in Mullaitivu and 38 acres in East had been released on a staggered basis.
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Nearly 27,000 acres of private land released
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