Jaffna district-
Field visit 16,17/11/2012
Team-
Sunil ranasinha.
F.Rajjan
w.F.Priyankara
District organizing
Imbanayagam
Yugapuram camp
History
These People were
lived in THELLIPALI WALTHLAVILAM until 1990 .Each family had a land[Parappu
2.5/ Nearly parches 25 to 30]and they had own houses. Their main income were
Farming and Labour .Mainly they cultivated chilies, onion, tomato, tobacco They
had school in close area .They lived happily when they were in their own
village .Then due to the civil war 80
families displaced to ALAVITTI kurukkal kennathadi pillai kavil in 1990 .They lived their only two years then
they were asked to go to the other place .So out of 80 families 52 families
resettled in yugapuram .Other 28 families resettled other three camps around
.
2010 Dagluas dewanantha and Bacil rajapaksha organize the meeting in
Nawattapuram Kandasami kovil and said that people can go to their own places
in 2010 January .Then they went to their
places as they mentions but security did
not allowed to enter the village because they said they were not informed in authorities. So they return
to the ugapuram. Until 2010 they were provided food items but from 2010 they
did not get any assistance from the government.
PRESANT SITUATION
DS division-Kopai
GN Division-
Urumberar south [265]
Now 56 families lived this camp. They lived in temporally houses
which were building from the UNHCR with government. People donot know this land
is belonging to whom .Each family has 1.25 parappu. Five women headed families
lived and 09 members are disables. Most of the families do the labuor work;
rent the farming land for faming. Most of the children go to school .They have
five tube wells for the drinking water .One women society started but now it also
not active now. They have hoped to go to their own place.
Malyagam camp/Neddwan camp
History
They lived in Mailatti area in Kalanthadi village .Most of
them were fishermen. Each family had their own legal land [05to 10 Parappu] and
own houses. 50 families lived until
1990.Then they displaced to the area called Mulawey .100 families sated that
village .Out of the 100 families 30 families resettled this malyagam camp.
Others also resettle around in five camps. UNHCR Supported to build their temporary
houses. They got support from five six NGOs to do their livelihood. They got
together with six camps and fight for their own place .For that they wrote many
letters to the authorities but nothing happened. So they started hunger strike.
So the person called Mohan was shouted by unknown gun man .After that mast of
the people did not fight for their land because of the fear.
Present situation
This land was belonging to the pervert’s owner. Since 2009
they did not get any problem for this land but now they were asked the land by
owner .So people are feeling that they have to displaced other place but most
of them said they will not moved from this land because they are living here
since 1990 .So government should give their own land before they taken out
.Until the 2010 most of the NGOs work with them .They have given 08 Toilets,
Tub wells, community hall, dry risen, and some basic assistances. At that time
UNHCR, UNISEAF, CRC, and Seva lanka work with them. Now 80 families live this
camp .Total population 240 members. They have only 08 toilets but out of them
o4 damaged and only 03 tub well for the drinking water .Here 20 women headed
families and 10 disable lived. Main
occupations are fish sellers and labour work. This land has two sections. Each
family has less than one parappu. The team who lived in front of the main
community hall some of them decided to give their land for the owner and
resettle other place but it is not clear. People willing to organize as a team
with other six camps but no one get the leadership. They ask the support from
us. They also said they hope to go to their own place.
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