Colombo brings 1500 Sinhalese from South to Mannaar

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 22:11 GMT]
Stepping up the process of colonisation of the country of Eezham Tamils, the occupying Sri Lanka has brought in 1,500 Sinhalese in buses to Musali DS division in Mannaar District, which is bordering the North Western and North Central provinces. The occupying Colombo government had already planned to settle down five thousand Sinhalese families from the South in Mannaar district in an attempt to change the demography of the district before holding the Northern Provincial Council election, according to a confidential document received by the Mannaar district secretariat. 

The Sinhalese colonizers brought in have been settled in temporary sheds, news sources in Mannaar said. 

The latest move by Colombo comes while the uprooted Tamils and Muslims from the Musali area are still residing as refugees in temporary huts without basic facilities.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in participation with Tamil and Muslim civil representatives is to conduct a detailed discussion shortly on the land appropriation in Mannaar district, said TNA parliamentarian Mr Selvam Adaikkalanathan.

Indian housing aid to be used for demographic genocide in East

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 23:53 GMT]
A part of the 50,000 housing aid promised by New Delhi for the war-affected people in the North and East is planned to be used for demographic genocide in the East at the village of Kachchat-kodi in the Paddip-pazhai division of Batticaloa district, according to Eastern Provincial council member R. Thurairatnam. The village, which was predominantly Tamil a few years ago and was affected by displacement during the war, now has 2 new Sinhala Buddhist Viharas constructed and a number of Sinhala families brought from outside settled with the assistance of Buddhist priests. 

75 houses are being constructed for the settlers with the financial assistance of Buddhist establishments. In addition, the Indian housing assistance also would be used in settling the newcomers. There were only 12 Sinhala families in that village before the war. 

The assistance, coming from the Buddhist establishment, is being channelled to the Sinhala settlers without involving the divisional administration and without informing the GS officer or the Divisional Secretary. 

The colonisation scheme is situated between 19th Mile Post and 21st Mile Post along both the sides of a 3 km long road in the Paddip-pazhai division. 

The Sinhala settlers have been brought from Uhana, Piyangala, Nugelanda, Ampaa'rai, Maha-Oya and 36th Colony.