The long standing military checkpoint along the Omanthai region of the A9 road, has been removed on Saturday said Sri Lankan security services, with "a new security system" to be put in place.
“Since normalcy returned there is no requirement for regular checking at Omanthai. There is no restriction on the movement of people. With the train service to the North also operating now, the people can move freely,” Brigadier Jayaweera, the security services' spokesperson, was quoted by Sri Lanka's Sunday Times as saying.
"A new security system similar to what is operational in the South will be adopted to maintain security in the north in the immediate future," he said, adding, "there won’t be any disparity between the north and the south when maintaining security systems hereafter."
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