Vijayakala to join the government
Tuesday, 12 February 2013 
Jaffna District UNP parliamentarian Vijayakala Maheswaran is expected to join the government on the 13th, reliable sources said. The defection is to officially take place at the Jaffna District Committee meeting scheduled to be held at the Weerasinghan Hall in Jaffna at the end of the President’s two day official tour to the peninsula.
Vijayakala is the widow of former parliamentarian T. Maheswaran who was assassinated on January 1, 2008 in Kotahena. She was elected to parliament from the Jaffna District at the 2010 general election. T. Maheswaran’s brother came under an acid attack recently near the Nallur Kovil in Jaffna.
It was Maheswaran’s company that held the sole monopoly in supplying goods to Jaffna during the war. Following his death, the business had come under various pressures. It is believed that Vijayakala has decided to join the government in order to prevent these pressures and to regain the monopoly in supplying goods to Jaffna.
Tuesday , 12 February 2013
The regions coming under the high security zone in Waligamam north belongs to forces. It will not be released for peoples use at any time.
Currently activities are commenced in confiscating the lands was unequivocally said yesterday by Jaffna district Military Commander Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe at the media briefing held at the civil administration office located at Jaffna town.
He made this statement when journalist queried him concerning the houses demolished in Palaly by forces.
He further said to journalist, the lands which are possible for release by the military are getting released. We have handed over the lands belonging to the public, and now the camps had been shifted rearward.
However crisis is only at Palaly, Kankesanthurai and Mayilitti. Because the military camps and contingents in the many regions of Jaffna has been positioned now inside Palaly.
Therefore lands are required to construct military camps and a necessity has risen for us to confiscate the above lands.
Palaly airport and Kankesanthurai harbor needs to get expanded, hence small camps cannot be erected around the Palaly camp. A situation was in existence in the past of aircrafts not able to land.
Hence by considering this, there is a necessity for security and large camps are constructed. Expanding the airport is not only occurring in Palaly but it happened in Colombo Katunayake too.
Already activities have commenced in impounding areas inside the permanent security fence. We are confiscating the lands by compensating the people with the present value.
He said, the lands which are inside the permanent security fence are now are seized.
