Tamil IDP's Lands of EP that have been cleared of landmines by the UNDP have been given to those affiliated to Sinhala Govt for business purposes!!

De-mined lands given to those affiliated to government – Mano Ganeshan

2009-09-06 | 3.15 PM

Parliamentarian Mano Ganeshan says the lands in the Batticaloa District in the East that have been cleared of landmines by the United Nations Development Programme have been given to those affiliated to the government for business purposes.

According to the UN, lands de-mined under the organization’s programme cannot be used for any other purpose other than to resettle the displaced people. The UN has said that by mid 2009, it had completed de-mining in a land mass of 375 square kilometers.

Mano Ganeshan said that since the government cannot be engaged in a mass scale land grab in the north and east if the displaced people were resettled in those areas, it was not interested in resettling the displaced.

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