TNA notes the increasing poverty levels in the Wanni

Tuesday, 18 February 2014 

05:14

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has pointed out the increasing poverty levels among the people in the Wanni District and has said that it has resulted in an increase in the number of school dropouts in the district.

TNA parliamentarian Sivasakthi Anandan has said that most families in the Wanni are low income families or single parent families headed by women.

He has explained that most single mothers were laborers and the families survive on the daily wages earned by these women.

According to Anandan, the families are facing many difficulties due to the increasing cost of living and their income is affected if the mother of the house falls sick.

The TNA MP has called on the government to immediately address the issues faced by the families in the Wanni.