Sri Lanka Army, continuing the process of releasing non-governmental lands that have been used by the Security Forces in the Wanni region, released land blocks of 56.8 acres in the general area of Mundimurippu jungle area on Wednesday.
These blocks of lands comprised 37.1 acres (one block) and 19.7 acres (separate block) respectovely that were earlier used for security purposes by 20th Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) troops of the Security Forces Headquarters in Wanni.
Major Induka Wickramasinghe, Commanding Officer 20 SLSR on behalf of the Wanni Commander handed over all necessary documents connected to those land patches to Ms R Kethishwaran, District Secretary for Mullaittivu during a meeting at the Mullaittivu District Secretariat.
Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of the Army in keeping with the government policy of releasing lands belonging to civilians as directed all SFHQs to ensure such lands be handed back as much as possible.
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