By Cyril Wimalasurendre
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The camps would be provided with all the basic facilities to make life comfortable for security forces personnel, the Army Commander told the Ven. Mahanayaka Thero.
The cost of constructing the camps was comparatively low since the work was done by forces personnel, the Army Commander said.
A massive development was taking place in the North and East. The farms and land which were under the LTTE were now taken over by the government and were made use of for development projects, Lt. Gen. Jayasuriya told the prelate.
He informed the prelate that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa visited the region being developed by the forces.
The Ven. Mahanayaka Thero said that he was pleased with the development activities launched in the North and East under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and stressed the need to protect the country’s land because several other groups were also interested in owing land in the island and were ready to buy land at any cost because those groups were keenly interested in owning the land, the prelate said.
Those groups were funded by foreign countries. They invest funds on purchasing land and expand their population, the prelate further said, adding that maximum facilities be provided for forces and police personnel in occupation in the North and East.
The Army Commander later paid homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic at the Sri Dalada Maligawa.
Central Command Major General Mano Perera, Major B. M. Chandratilaka, Major D. B. Hewawissa, Lt. Udaya Perera, Col. Sarath Bandara and several others accompanied the Army Commander.
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