Tamils who were displaced during the armed conflict in Amparai remain destitute and have not been resettled in their native villages, T Kalaiarasan, a councillor for the TNA in the Eastern Provincial Council said to media.
A total of 771 families from Sagamam, Kanchirankuda, Kanchikudicha Aru and Thangavelauthapuram villages in the Thirukkovil DS division are living in tents and huts and are yet to be resettled, the councillor said. A further 178 families from and 48 families from Navithanveli are also waiting for resettlement.
“I brought a motion in 2013 requesting the EPC to resettle the displaced families in their own lands. The motion was passed and the then CM and the authorities concerned gave an assurance that the displaced would be resettled. However no steps have been taken to keep the promise,” the councillor charged.
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