ARMY troops in the east now assisting civil administrative authorities to complete re-settlement of IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons), in addition to their ongoing search and clear operations, hand in hand with the government’s development programme, started an agricultural farm in Kandakadu area recently.
This fertile block of land with a large acreage produced varieties of agricultural and dairy products to the country in the past. However, with the rise of LTTE atrocities in the area the government-run farm was neglected and finally abandoned.
When the East reached normalcy after elimination of the LTTE by the Security Forces, 3rd Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps based in Batticaloa, on instructions of the Commander Security Forces Headquarters-East (SFHQ-E) Major General Srinath Rajapakse, took steps to reclaim the land and re-cultivate it.
A small function was organized to mark the re-launch of cultivation in this agricultural farm on Thursday (08) at Kandakadu with participation of General Officer Commanding 23 Division Brigadier R.M. Nugera and senior officers of the area.
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Meanwhile, Army troops serving under the SFHQ(E) contributed to renovation and construction work in Trincomalee, Seruvila and Unnachchi areas.
They have already constructed 98% of the southern division of the Circular road in Trincomalee town. The second layer of sand is to be laid from Thunkakuli and Army Engineers plan to complete it within fifteen days.
Similarly, the 24 km long Somawathi-Seruwila road is now under renovation. So far a 10.5 km length has been completed and the rest of the construction is to be finished within next 2 ½ months by the Army.
In the meantime, Unnachchi irrigational canal is being cleaned and renovated to meet agricultural requirements of the farmers depending on water, carried by this canal to a distance of some 23 km. A distance of 6 km has already been completely restored and Army troops plan to finish the remaining area within a month or so, on the supervision of the SF East Commander Maj. Gen. Srinath Rajapakse.
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