IDPs would not be resettled until threats to their lives removed – CDS Gen. Fonseka

Resettlement of those in the welfare camps will not be haphazardly carried out although some groups demand it, Chief of the Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka told the Mahanayake Theros of Malwatte and Asgiriya yesterday (17).

General Fonseka, after paying homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic, called on the prelate of Malwatte Most Venerable Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera and on the prelate of Asgiriya most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thera.

The visit marked the third month of liberating the country from LTTE terrorism.

Disclosing the current situation on the rehabilitation activities in the North General Sarath Fonseka told the prelates those in the IDP camps could not be resettled in their former homesteads because of security risks.

There are many more land-mines to be removed besides those in the welfare camps should be scanned since there are terrorists among them. At least five or six LTTE cadres are identified every week, General Fonseka said. Read more ...