FOURTEEN Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) of four families were re-settled in their original homesteads on completion of de-mining and other infrastructure work in those areas under “Negenahira Navodaya”, the government’s development programme in the east.
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Troops of the 234 Brigade assisted the whole project from the beginning and provided transport to civilians up to their villages in the Eravur Divisional Secretariat area from Batticaloa Sinhalese School in Kallady where they had been temporarily housed.
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During a brief function in this connection, Army troops distributed some dry ration items among those civilians before they set off to their new homes on Momnday (28).
Meanwhile, troops of 231 Brigade in Welikanda in collaboration with the Property Development Division of “The Finance Company” and the District 306 C Lions Club donated a stock of books to the Sinhapura public library.
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Some school books and sport items were also distributed among the students in the area on 27th and 28th of September 2009 by the same donor organizations.
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A simple ceremony was held in Welikanda to distribute books with the participation of the Commander 231 Brigade and representatives from “The Finance Company" and the District 306 C Lions Club.
