Soosai readies for road opening
[TamilNet, Thursday, 19 September 2002, 19:31 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers will push for immediate action
to rehabilitate the Pt. Pedro-Maruthankerni Road on
Jaffna’s southeastern coast and will promptly send
teams to de-mine the blocked parts of the route, said
Mr. Soosai, the commander of the Sea Tigers,
addressing a gathering of more than 150 Sri Lankan
government officials, representatives of local civil
society groups, community leaders and local LTTE
officials at the Maruthankerni Hindu School Thursday
morning.
Large numbers of Sri Lanka army troops continue to
occupy the important sectors of the Jaffna peninsula. Mr. Soosai said the main road along the peninsula’s
southeastern coast would be opened soon and that he
will get more personnel from the Humanitarian
De-mining Division of the Liberation Tigers to remove
and defuse anti-personnel mines and land mines from
the military positions which continue to block the
coastal road at Nagar Kovil.
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Mr. Soosai, the commander of the Sea Tigers,
addressing the gathering at the Maruthankerni Hindu School, Thursday, 19 September 2002.
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Fishermen’s Co-operative Societies in the region
recently brought to his notice the growing number of
foreign trawlers and fishermen that are continuing to
harass them and disrupt their sole means of
livelihood. “The Liberation Tigers will have discussions with the
Sri Lankan government about preventing foreign and
southern boats from depriving the local fishermen of
their livelihood in the seas off the island’s
northeast coast between Nagarkoil and Naayaaru and
would have positive results soon”, said Mr. Soosai,
the commander of the Sea Tigers, addressing the
gathering. The Jaffna Government Agent, Mr. K. Shanmuhanathan,
was also present at the discussion Thursday. The commander of the Sea Tigers in Jaffna, Col.
Soosai, instructed government officials as well as
officials of the LTTE and other local NGOs, to review
development work in their respective areas and to
provide alleviation for the suffering of the people of
the Northeast.
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