{"id":143907,"date":"2015-05-02T05:45:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T00:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=143907"},"modified":"2015-05-12T05:54:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T00:24:05","slug":"release-funds-and-unreleased-land-sumanthiran-tells-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/release-funds-and-unreleased-land-sumanthiran-tells-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Release Funds And Unreleased Land: Sumanthiran Tells Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families who fled\u00a0Velikamam North area 20 years ago return to find that they are in the middle of a jungle with no access and irregular water supply, says the Tamil National Alliance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_128994\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sumanthiran-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128994\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-128994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sumanthiran--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"M.A. Sumanthiran MP\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sumanthiran--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Sumanthiran--50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M.A. Sumanthiran MP<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">After the TNA MP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=M.+A.+Sumanthiran&amp;x=11&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">M.A. Sumanthiran<\/span><\/a>&#8216;s visit to the families in the recently cleared areas in Velikamam North which is in the periphery of the high security zone, the TNA says; &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Families are seen returning to places which were their homes to find roofs gone and walls unstable. As living is not a possibility in the present situation they are seen returning to their homes and cooking just to take procession of what is their own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although local government officials are striving to do everything within their means their efforts are like a drop in the ocean due to the lack of funds.\u00a0In addition to the same villages in the areas which have been released areas have houses occupied by the military&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sumanthiran appeals to the government to urgently release funds so that families could return to their homes and live normal lives.<\/p>\n<p>He further went on to reiterate the need for the government to expedite the release of a large area of land which is still awaiting release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-Tamil-families-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-143909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-Tamil-families-.jpg\" alt=\"Velikamam North Tamil families\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-Tamil-families-.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-Tamil-families--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-Tamil-families--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-Tamil-families--50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-Tamil-families--800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-143910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North.jpg\" alt=\"Velikamam North\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Velikamam-North-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":128994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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