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Friday, January 08, 2010 - 07.20 GMT |
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Tamil media
praises govt. for speedy normalization of
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The
government’s
decision
to open
Jaffna-Kandy
A9 route
has come
in for
high
appreciation
in the
Tamil
media.
It is
the
unanimous
opinion
of all
Tamil
newspapers
that the
decision
to keep
A9 open
day and
night
has
vastly
benefited
the
Tamil
civilians.
The
Veerakesari,
in
today’s
editorial
said
that
opening
of A9
has been
a great
relief
to the
Northern
population.
“Hitherto,
Jaffna
residents
had to
solely
depend
on air
travel
to come
to
Colombo
and very
few
people
could
afford
the high
cost of
air
travel,”
Veerakesari
said.
Pointing
out that
there
were
many
hardships
for the
people
due to
closure
of road
transport,
the
editorial
added
that
opening
of A9
has
hugely
benefited
the
common
man as
road
transport
is
affordable.
The
paper
added
that the
opening
of the
roadway
would
improve
people-to-people
interaction
between
the
north
and
south.
The
newspaper
also
expressed
appreciation
over the
resettlement
of 1862
Tamil
civilians
in
former
High
Security
Zones in
Jaffna
and the
decision
to
release
detainees.
Overall,
these
steps
have
fulfilled
the
aspirations
of the
Tamil
people,
the
editorial
commented.
Sudar
Oli,
too, in
its
editorial
today
praised
the
steps
such as
resettlement
of Tamil
civilians
in high
security
zones,
reopening
of A9
road and
release
of
detainees.
Although,
Sudar
Oli is
of the
opinion
that the
recent
agreement
between
opposition
candidate
and the
Tamil
national
Alliance
(TNA)
and the
forthcoming
presidential
elections
have
hastened
the
process
of
normalization,
the
editorial
has
acknowledged
that the
steps
have
benefited
the
Tamil
population.
According
to the
newspaper,
the
detainees
are to
be
released
tomorrow.
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