In the second phase of the resettlement process by the government 442 families numbering 1,898 persons were resettled in Musali Divisional Secretariat Division in Mannar District last Friday, Aug. 21.

Accordingly 94 Tamil fishing families numbering 347 persons displaced during 2007 from Kokkupadayan were resettled in their own places while 348 Muslim families numbering 1,551 persons who were forcibly evicted by the LTTE in 1990 from Pandaraweli, Weppankulam, Poonarachchikulam, Periya Pollachchi Paranthankeni, Puthuweli, Kulappankulam and Maithanweli villages in Musali Divisional Secretariat Division staying in the IDP camps in Puttalam were resettled in their former locations.

The government has already resettled 561 families numbering 2,120 persons in Arippu and 122 families in the Musali Divisional Secretariat Division.

Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Minister Rishad Badiudeen speaking at the event to resettle the IDPs said that there are 34 families from Musali housed in Menik Farm Relief Village and moves are in place to resettle them in their own places.