Govt collects info on Sinhalese in Jaffna

The government of Sri Lanka is amassing proof of pre-1983 Sinhalese presence in Jaffna, reports Uthayan.

Details on Sinhalese families and workers resident in Jaffna before 1983 is being compiled through the district secratariat, where each divisional secratariat has been directed to gather information from every village in the province.

Add new comment

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Global and entity tokens are replaced with their values. Browse available tokens.