2,392 TAMIL houses have been identified for civilian occupation in more than 2500 hecs of the land that was set apart for SINHALA HSZs IN TAMILLAND.!!

LLRC final report by May 15
April 20, 2011, 10:32 pm


The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) is confident that its report can be handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa by May 15.


The Commission is in the process of preparing the first draft, LLRC spokesperson Lakshman Wickremasinghe says.


The LLRC held public sittings in Jaffna, Batticaloa, Mannar, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, Matara, Ampara, Moneragala, Galle, Matara, Puttalam, and Anuradhapura.


The Commission concluded its public sittings last month.


President Rajapaksa in May 2010 appointed the eight-member Commission to report on the period from Feb. 21, 2002 to May 19, 2009. Former Attorney General Chitta Ranjan de Silva chaired the committee.


In its interim recommendations, the LRRC suggested immediate administrative measures to provide relief to those affected by the conflict.


Implementing reconciliation measures suggested by the Inter-Agency Advisory Committee (IIAC) the government is gradually releasing lands occupied by the military as High Security Zones (HSZs) in the country, especially in the North.


The Sri Lanka Army officially handed over Subash Hotel on Victoria Road in Jaffna town in which the 52 Division Headquarters was established since December 1995, to its owner in March this year.


256 houses surrounding the Palaly HSZ have already been returned to civilians and another 2,392 houses have been identified for civilian occupation in more than 2500 hectares of the land that was set apart for HSZs.


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