Many stressed deprived of lands, but luxury hotel in state land. Approval to construct in Kopay Saturday , 06 April 2013 Thousands of people living in Kopay divisional secretariat is struggling without lands, meanwhile approval is given to construct a hotel to a person from Southern Sri Lanka. To construct this hotel authorization is given to erect the hotel at the Sivan Kovil Adaippu area located at Akkarai village situated at the Kopay divisional secretariat unit. This land for people’s colonization was allocated in year 1990.  Even though a housing scheme was allocated to the people by the National Housing Directive Board but they were not provided with land deeds. Land had been allocated near the sports grounds for the construction of a housing scheme to the people. Recently on long term lease permission has been granted for the construction of a hotel in these lands. Land surveyors along with military visited this locality two days back Thursday, and took the adequate measurements.  At that time the area people had a conflict with the officials from the Survey Department. Reports states the Southern Sri Lanka investor who is involved with the hotel construction is a close relative of the  Jaffna district military high official. Four soldiers arrested with venison

[ Saturday, 06 April 2013, 08:47.34 AM GMT +05:30 ]

Five persons including 4 army soldiers have been arrested in the Jayanthipura area in Kantale this morning for shooting and killing two deer.

Wan Ela Police also took into custody the vehicle, belonging to Sri Lanka Army, used by the suspects to transport the deer meat. The four army soldiers, including 2 sergeants, are reportedly attached to the intelligence unit of the Gantalawa army camp. The deer are believed to have been hunted and killed at Serunuwara, police said. The suspects are to be produced at the Kantale District Court while Wan Ela Police is conducting further investigations.