NewsMullaitivu District Secretary Rupavathi Kethiswaran said yesterday (01) that the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) had released 42 acres of land in Keppapilavu occupied by them. As the DS read out the names of families whose lands had been released, residents reacted with joy and ran cheering onto their lands when they were let in through the gates by SLAF personnel. The lands were released on a directive given by President Maithripala Sirisena on February 27 to the SLAF Commander. The release brought to an end a month long Sathyagraha undertaken by Keppapilavu residents demanding the release of their lands from the military. She further said she did not know how much land belonging to civilians were still occupied by the armed forces.

Source: Sunday Times March 02, 2017 09:13 UTC