Government to hand over land in Jaffna to it's rightful owners

Colombo (News 1st) - Army spokesperson Brigadier Sumith Athapatthu said the government has decided to hand over 4.4 Acres of land to the previous owners in the Tellippalai Divisional Secretariat in Jaffna. Further Adding to this, Brigadier Athapatthu said, the Jaffna District Secretary Nagalingam Vedhanayanan has planned to hand over the lands tomorrow. According to the Army, 65,174 Acres have been handed over to the original owners in the North and East during the course of 3 years. Currently, 19,260 Acres of land is under the Army out of which 2586 Acres are private land.