The coordinating office for IDP said that total number of Internally Displaced Persons in the Menik Farm relief village has dropped to 28,659 as of today, due to the Government’s speedy resettlement programme. Economic Development minister Mr. Basil Rajapaksa during his recent visit to India had said that the resettlement of all IDPs will be completed before the end of this year.

The government is providing dry rations for a period of six months to families resettled until they find livelihood assistance in addition to initial payment of 25,000 rupees paid at the time of resettlement. Two more batches of 700 and 200 IDPs in Menik Farm will be resettled in Kilinochchi, Pachchilaipalli on the 14th and 18th of this month respectively. In addition, 3650 IDPs who were with host families will be resettled in their places of origin by the 18th of this month.

Minister of Information and Media Keheliya Rambukwella said the main objective of the constitutional amendment is to remove obstructions in the constitution to strengthen the people’s friendly economic programme of the government. 

The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau has decided to  establish close relations with embassies of relevant countries to obtain information on migrant Sri Lankan workers.  The objective is to look into the problems of expatriate Sri Lankans and to provide immediate solutions.