Six years since the end of the armed conflict, 550 families remain displaced in Kilinochchi due to the military and police occupying their homes, said the district secretariat this week.
In Karachi divisional secretariat 181 families are affecting, 27 families in Kandavalai divisional secretariat and 342 families in Poonahari divisional secretariat.
A further 257 families in Pachchilaipalli remain displaced due to the presence of landmines.
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