What a waste of money? A local newspaper published in Kilinochchi has been thrown to the Waste Paper Baskets Tuesday, 06 November 2012

A local newspaper published in Kilinochchi has been totally rejected by the public. It was reported that a newspaper namely “Voice of the Nation” has been distributed amongst the public in Kilinochchi and public those received this newspaper have used them to rap food packets instead of reading them. Publishing of this newspaper has initiated by one local politician in the area, namely S. Sreedaran and he has expended over Rs. 400,000.00 for this purpose. It was further said that owner of the press has blamed Sreedaran for this wasted effort.

People in Kilinochchi are now inquiring that from where this money has come? Further, they are questioning Sreedaran as to why he didn’t use this money for the benefit of the affected people who suffered from the recent rainy weather.