Two hundred and forty nine families in Thanankilappu area in the Chavakachcheri- Pooneryn road received their lands back after it was cleared of land mines by the Sri Lanka Army.

The Army has also constructed 45 houses for the low income families in the area and made the infrastructure facilities enabling the peasant to engage in cultivation activities.

The Chavakachcheri - Pooneryn road via Thanankilappu will be developed as a carpeted road to make it as a link road between the A-9 highway and the A- 35 highway over the Sangupity new bridge to develop road facilities to the people there.