NPC Chief Minister considering legal action

Friday, 25 October 2013 

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran is currently considering initiating legal action against the move to take over Tamil civilian land in Navatkuli, Jaffna.

Wigneswaran has said the matter is a legal issue and would therefore need to be dealt with it through courts.

According to reports from the area, Sinhalese families are being settled in the area and Tamil families who live close by are being moved out.

The Chief Minister has pointed out that while Sinhala families are being given land there are Tamil families yet to be resettled in the area.

Wigneswaran has added that the central government has a duty to develop the north like it does in other parts of the country.

SL military schemes Sinhalicisation of Vaakarai coast in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 20:59 GMT]
Increasing number of Sinhala fishermen from Moratuwa, Negombo, Chilaapam (Chilaw) and Puththa’lam are being brought to Koa'ra'laip-pattu North (Vaakarai) DS division in Batticaloa by the occupying Sri Lankan military, complain Tamil fishermen from Vakkarai division. The intruding fishermen are being provided military protection at several coastal pockets. 

The SL military has seized all the significant coastal fishing hamlets in Vaakarai since the end of war in Batticaloa in 2007. 

The illegal fishing methods deployed by the Southern fishermen have also affected the fishing resources within the last 5 years.