hu, Feb 2, 2012, 09:58 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. 
Feb 02, Colombo: The Eastern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka has unanimously passed a resolution in the Council that land powers should be allocated to the provinces according to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.The resolution was presented to the Council by Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) councilor U.M.N. Mubin.
Eastern Province Secretary J.J. Muralitharan has said the resolution seeking land powers to the provinces had been unanimously approved in the council.
Meanwhile, Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan is to hold talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on the devolution of land and police powers to the provinces.
Eastern Provincial Council is ruled by Tamil People's Liberation Tigers (TMVP), political party formed by the former breakaway rebel group of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
The Sri Lankan government has expressed willingness to consider the land power is
