Northerners praise forces

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Northerners praise forces
Security Forces personnel have earned the praise of Northern civilians for building a large number of houses and repairing many since the conclusion of the war in May last year, according to reports from the North.
Responding to a query by The Island, Military Spokesperson Major General Udaya Medawewa, yesterday said that the Army had built 4,575 new houses and reconstructed 2,758 houses in the Northern Province.
The Military spokesperson said that this was part of the efforts to help the war displaced in the wake of Sri Lanka's victory over the LTTE.
Of the new houses, 2,293 are in the Kilinochchi district, 1,030 in Mullaitivu, 662 in Vavuniya, 572 in Jaffna District and 18 in the Eastern Province.
Of the reconstructed houses, 952 are situated in Kilinochchi, 897 in Mullaitivu, 897 in the Vanni and 2 in the Jaffna district.