110 families that were taken away from Menik Farm last would be permanently in the jungle
SUNDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2012 
Media had reported that the displaced from the war that were left behind after Menik Farm was closed down were abandoned in a jungle.
The abandoned, members of 110 families from Keppapilavu village in Mullaithivu, are being detained in a jungle area at Sooriyapuram.
The District Secretary Vedanayakam says the lands in Sooriyapuam jungle area are crown land and would be distributed among the displaced. Some families that lived in Menik Farm were gradually resettled in their former villages.
However, members of 110 families from Keppapilavu that were left were taken by force to Sorriyapuram jungles and were abandoned there.
The District Secretary and Army officers who had arrived at Menik Farm on 22nd September had promised them that they would be resettled in their former villages within two months.
However, they were taken to Sooriyapuram jungles at Nandikadal where there is no water or any other facilities. It is reported that they would be made to settle permanently in this jungle.
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