We cannot release all lands belong to the army – Defense secretary

Jun 26, 2016

Defense secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi said that that the army is not ready to free all lands belong to the army in the north and east. He said due to security reasons some lands cannot be freed and all lands without security concerns would be given to the people.

Defense secretary told this when he participated in functions held in Walikamam and Pesalai areas in Jaffna releasing 201 acres of lands belong to the people.

The defense secretary further said monitoring is undergoing to release some more lands.

He said 25,000 of acres of private lands occupied by the army during the war time and 6000 acres of lands belong to different institutions has been released