Colombo
Archbishop, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa
are scheduled to visit the Mullikulam Village in the Mannar district over the
next few days to look into the wellbeing of the internally displaced people in
the area.
The
displaced people are living in temporary shelters in the Marichchikattu jungle
and the scheduled visit of the Archbishop and the Defence Secretary has given
hope for the early resettlement of the people in the area.
“We
have suffered a lot since 2007 going from place to place, with no food or
shelter. We will not move to another location even if we are told that we will
be given a house mad of gold. We need our own land to be resettled,” the
displaced people told this reporter.
Since
the start of the rainy season, life in the jungle has been even more difficult
than usual.
“We
need permission to go back to our own village in Mullikulam. Right now we wait
and see who is coming to give us food or clothes. We need not to stay in these
small huts. We want to earn our living and feed our children and live a normal
life,” one displaced person said.
At
present some 212 Tamil families are living in the Marichchikattu jungle. They
moved to the jungle in June from an IDP camp on a request from the government.
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