Contentious resettlement issue in the Jaffna HSZ being resolved

One of the most contentious issues in Jaffna, the resettling of civilians in the High Security Zone is finally going to be resolved with civilians now expected to be resettled in the 300 metre buffer zone bordering the HSZ before December as a first step.

Jaffna High Court Judge R.T. Vignarajah who chairs the Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to evaluate the problem and submit a report to court said last night that at their last meeting held the previous weekend, Jaffna GA informed the Committee that all mines had been cleared from the buffer zone and it was now a matter of submitting a list of people who are eligible to resettle there and for the army to check the veracity of the list.

Jaffna Military Commander Maj. Gen. L.B.R. Mark, who is a member of the Committee, according to the High Court Judge, had even remarked that it should be done before December so that resettled people will have time to enter their children to schools in the area for the new school year. Read more ...