Passing a resolution on Thursday, the Northern Provincial Council called on Sri Lanka's security forces leave all private lands and buildings in the Northern Province by the end of this year.
The motion was proposed by the NPC chair, of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), C. V. K. Sivagnanam, the Uthayan reported.
"The Provincial Council members from all five districts of the Northern Province brought to the notice of the Council the details of the lands and private buildings in the occupation by the Security Forces. More than 60,000 acres of lands in all five districts, along with several hundred private buildings have been occupied by the Security Forces in the Province," Sivagnanam told Ceylon Today.
"However, since the Northern Province has been agitating against the land acquisition and voicing for the resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons a time frame for the Security Forces to vacate the private lands and buildings become inevitable. Therefore, all members of the NPC finally agreed to give a time frame for the Security Forces to vacate the private buildings and lands," he added.
The motion was proposed by the NPC chair, of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), C. V. K. Sivagnanam, the Uthayan reported.
"The Provincial Council members from all five districts of the Northern Province brought to the notice of the Council the details of the lands and private buildings in the occupation by the Security Forces. More than 60,000 acres of lands in all five districts, along with several hundred private buildings have been occupied by the Security Forces in the Province," Sivagnanam told Ceylon Today.
"However, since the Northern Province has been agitating against the land acquisition and voicing for the resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons a time frame for the Security Forces to vacate the private lands and buildings become inevitable. Therefore, all members of the NPC finally agreed to give a time frame for the Security Forces to vacate the private buildings and lands," he added.