Police stations will be set up in all liberated areas in the North before the end of this year to facilitate civilian life and civil administration.

IGP Mahinda Balasuriya said thus speaking at the opening ceremony of the new police station at Pooneryn along the A-32 road recently, the Defence Ministry said.

The IGP also said the new police station was set up under the Government's Uthuru Vasanthaya program on the directives of the President, Defence Secretary and Senior Presidential Advisor, Basil Rajapaksa.

The IGP has laid the foundation stones for the proposed new police stations at Mankulam and Kilinochchi on the same day and construction work planned to be completed within six months.