Attempt to forcibly acquire lands of Tamil people

Friday, 23 November 2012 

About 30 families in the Raththinapuram are to be registered as persons without lands, the villagers complain. They claim that it is an attempt to acquire the lands they have been occupying for many years.

A mobile service had recently been held to register the lands in the Raththanipuram area and applications had been distributed to distribute registration certificates. However, a tensed situation had arisen in the area when the authorities had tried to register 30 families that had not been given applications as persons without land.

Therefore, an attempt had been made to register these families in Raththinapuram with land as persons without any land. The people have alleged that it was an attempt by the government to acquire lands since the people have been unable to register their lands for various reasons.

The villagers claim that various tactics are being used to acquire their lands and that the governing party and state authorities are trying to acquire their lands.