Maximum relief to civilians in No Fire Zone

The Government had given maximum relief and assistance to the Tamil civilians who were still in the clutches of the LTTE in the no fire zone (NFZ). Though there were many obstacles. Government provided 23,000 metric tons of food to the Tamil civilians on April 7, Mass Media and Information Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene said. The Minister was addressing a press conference at his ministry yesterday.

He said, even after the ICRC refused to take food to the North the Government used a vessel that was taking patients to send 30 metric tons per day to the civilians and the food was utilised not only by the civilians but also the terrorists.

The efforts taken by the Government were praised by visiting Japanese special envoy Yasushi Akashi who made his seventeenth trip to the North recently. Read more ...