IDPs suffer as Vali North camp flooded

Internally displaced persons at the Mallakam, Konappulam welfare centre in Valikaamam North are without basic amenities after the monsoon rains lef the camp flooded.

The residents, who have been displaced for over 25 years after the Sri Lankan military took over their lands, have complained that no relief has been provided to them, reports Uthayan.





The lack of facilities including sanitation and waste disposal have left them at risk of communicable disease.


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