Additional 3000 acres of land to be brought under cultivation in Jaffna district

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Additional 3000 acres of land to be brought under cultivation in Jaffna district

The District Development Committee Review Meeting was held at the District Secretariat, Jaffna on 15 September 2010 under the patronage of Hon. Basil Rajapaksa MP, Minister of Economic Development and Chairman, Presidential Task Force for Development, Resettlement and Security in the Northern Province.
It was revealed that an 3000 acres from Thenmarachchi area would be brought under cultivation in addition to the present acreage cultivated and that authority has been granted to resettle IDPs in the High Security Zone in Valikamam North in Jaffna.
As the meeting progressed, resettlement, speeding up demining of the area, housing, reconstruction and renovation of Government offices, buildings and schools, livelihood of the people were also taken up for discussion.
Hon. Minister, Basil Rajapaksa expressed his gratitude towards all Government officials and the Security Forces for their untiring efforts to ensure the well being of the people.
Present at the meeting were Hon. Douglas Devananda MP, Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development, Hon. GA Chandrasiri, Governor, Northern Province, Mr. SB Divaratne, Secretary to the Presidential Task Force for the Development, Resettlement and Security in the Northern Province, Mrs. Emelda Sukumar, Government Agent / District Secretary of Jaffna as Co-Chairs and Jaffna Districts Parlimentarians Mr. Chandra Fernando, Advisor to HE the President, Mr. A. Sivaswamy, Chief Secretary, Northern Provincial Council, Provincial Ministerial Secretaries and Provincial Heads of Departments of the Northern Provincial Council, the Divisional Secretaries, Heads of Departments and Senior Government Officials in Kilinochchi Districts, Security Forces Officials and Representatives from NGOs.