Residents from a village in the District of Mannar have raised concerns, this week, over a ‘special resettlement’ programme under which 1,300 Sinhalese families from Anuradhapura are to be resettled in Mannar, reported Sri Lankan news sources.
Each of the families are expected to be provided with half an acre of land and a newly constructed house. Local villagers, who described the people arriving in busloads, alleged that they were being moved to be registered in Mannar for the upcoming Provincial Council elections.