Twenty nine lorries carrying essential items including flour, sugar, dhal, rice, oil and medicine, needed by civilians in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu have reached Omanthai entry/exit point this morning.

The food convoy under the UN banner included 68 MT of rice, 208 MT of flour, 76 MT of dhal, 24 MT of sugar, 24 MT of vegetable oil and 38 MT of other dry rations.

The consignments were to be handed over to District Secretaries of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu to be distributed among the IDPs in Mulleyaveli, Puthukudirippu and Tharapuram.