A notice was put up in Vavuniya last month, announcing the acquisition of 20 acres for “public use”, reported The Social Architects.
The notice, printed in Tamil and Sinhala, inaccurately states that the owners of the land cannot be identified, although the original inhabitants of the area are officially recognised as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and have consistently requested resettlement.
The land was orginially taken in 1997 and was used as a check point during the cease fire, acting as the de-facto border between the LTTE controlled area and the Sri Lankan military controlled area.