Vehicles abandoned during war being returned to owners

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Vehicles abandoned during war being returned to owners

The Government last week commenced a programme in Kilinochchi to restore to their rightful owners a large number of motor vehicles abandoned in Mullaitivu and the adjoining areas when civilians fled the heavy fighting between security forces and the LTTE in May last year.
The first batch of 780 motor cycles and 12 heavy vehicles were handed over to the owners on August 21 and 22 by the Governor of the North Major General (rtd) G. A. Chandrasiri at the Kilinochchi District Secretariat. District Secretary Rupawathi Ketheeswaran also participated.
The Commissioner General of Motor Traffic Lalith Dharmasiri dispatched 22 motor traffic examiners from Colombo, Jaffna and Batticaloa to assist in the handing over. They examined the ownership papers, the registration and chassis numbers of the vehicles to ensure that they were not claimed by the wrong party.
Another 6,700 motor cycles and 100 heavy vehicles would be released to the rightful owners within the next few days, Vavuniya District Secretariat sources said.
The motor traffic examiners returned to Colombo but would be dispatched to Kilinochchi whenever the necessity arose, he said.