NPC chair urges TNA MPs to take action against Sinhala colonisation of North

<p>The chair of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) has called on the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to take urgent action to stop Sinhalisation and land-grabs in the Northern Province.</p> <p>Writing to the TNA’s fourteen MPs, NPC chair C V K Sivagnanam urged the party to prioritise tackling violations and land-grabs by Sri Lankan government agencies that act as a front for Sinhala colonisation, namely the archaeology department, forest department and wildlife department.</p> <p>These departments tended to act completely against local sentiment in the North and had no respect for the culture and history of the areas they operated in, Sivagnanam said.</p> <p>Tamil representatives have been expressing growing concerns about state-sponsored Sinhala Buddhist colonisation and land-grabs in the North, especially in the heavily militarised Mullaitivu district.</p>