Tamils living in villages in Kilinochchi protested in the district capital today, demanding the government issues them with certificates for their land.
Residents from Nathakkudiyiruppu, Ulavanoor and Punnaineeraavi in the Kilinochchi district’s Kandaavalai regional secretariat division, accused the government of deliberately withholding the certificates, in some cases for 25 years, which they require in order to be eligible for funds from the housing scheme, to connect to the electrical grid and other development.
Placards carried by the protestors demanded the implementation of their requests under President Sirisena's 100 day programme.
The protest march commenced at the Kilinochchi Kanthasamy Temple and proceeded to the Kilinochchi Kachcheri, where a memorandum, addressed to the president, was handed to the Kilinochchi district government officer, before the protest concluded at TNA MP S Sritharan’s office, who was also given a memorandum with the residents' demands.
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