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Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Destroyed homes and disappointments as parts of Vali North released
15Apr 2018
The Sri Lankan Army released 683 acres of land from the Vali North high
security zone after 28 years of occupation, although of the three
village divisions released no village has been returned in its entirety
and army camps remain dotted among the released homes. Those who were
able to return, returned to find their old homes and infrastructure
completely demolished.
An event was held on Friday to release lands within the South Mayilai, Myliddy North and Thaiyiddy East village divisions.
Several landowners from the villages were turned away disappointed as
army camps remained and were even reinforced with barbed wire fencing.
While the released lands were all found to have had buildings razed to
the ground, the homes in the unreleased lands were seen to be intact and
in use by the army. Recently locals reported that the Sri Lankan Army
was demolishing homes in Myliddy and using the materials to expand the
Thalsevana Resort - a military-run holiday resort built in a 'high
security zone', occupied Tamil land, in Kankesanthurai.
Some residents also reported that their village roads remained unreleased and so their lands were inaccessible.
The land release event was presided over by Sri Lankan Army Commander,
Mahesh Senanayake, who during a speech at another recent land release
event made a threat that Tamils’ lands could be just as easily taken
back the armed forces that returned them.
Photographs by Shalin for Tamil Guardian
The Sri Lankan Army released 683 acres of land from the Vali North high
security zone after 28 years of occupation, although of the three
village divisions released no village has been returned in its entirety
and army camps remain dotted among the released homes. Those who were
able to return, returned to find their old homes and infrastructure
completely demolished.
An event was held on Friday to release lands within the South Mayilai, Myliddy North and Thaiyiddy East village divisions.
Several landowners from the villages were turned away disappointed as
army camps remained and were even reinforced with barbed wire fencing.
While the released lands were all found to have had buildings razed to
the ground, the homes in the unreleased lands were seen to be intact and
in use by the army. Recently locals reported that the Sri Lankan Army
was demolishing homes in Myliddy and using the materials to expand the
Thalsevana Resort - a military-run holiday resort built in a 'high
security zone', occupied Tamil land, in Kankesanthurai.
Some residents also reported that their village roads remained unreleased and so their lands were inaccessible.
The land release event was presided over by Sri Lankan Army Commander,
Mahesh Senanayake, who during a speech at another recent land release
event made a threat that Tamils’ lands could be just as easily taken
back the armed forces that returned them.
Photographs by Shalin for Tamil Guardian
