The Chief Minister of Northern Province visited newly returned areas in the former High Security Zone of Valikamam North on Thursday.
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Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran visited the area and discussed the huge issues of resettlement and rebuilding with locals and officials.
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Locals returning to their properties told the Chief Minister that the areas lack basic infrastructure, including electricity and that houses and buildings had been torn down during military occupation.
Borders between plots are also indistinguishable, locals said, and even wells have disappeared.