UN responsible for 'IDP toilets'- Minister

The Sri Lankan government says that the United Nations should take responsibility for not providing enough toilet facilities for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Vavuniya camps.

The UN has said that only half of the toilets and minimum facilities for bathing are available for IDPs in the camps.

However, Resettlement Minister Risath Bathiuddeen told BBC Sandeshaya that the UN was offered government land and UN received international funding to provide adequate facilities.

“The delay is from their part, the government is not responsible for the dealy,” he said.

The Sri Lanka government says it is not abnormal that some elderly IDPs die while in the camps.

Deputy Minister in charge of social services Lionel Premasiri told BBC Sandeshaya that majority among nearly 270,000 IDPs are elderly and children.

"So it is natural that some elderly people die in the camps," he said. Read more ...