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Villagers in Murukandi in the Mullativu district complain that they are going to lose nearly five thousand acres of their land according to government plans. The government agent in Mullativu has arranged to acquire these lands, villagers told our correspondent, Dinasena Ratugamage. The government has proposed to give new lands through the government agent but the Murukandi villagers insist that they should be allowed to live where they had been living. A villager who is so disturbed by this move said that her only hope is to have her land which belongs to the whole family Another villager said that he has lost everything except the land and that he was prepared even to sacrifice his life for the ownership of his land. A letter sent by the government agent in Mullaitivu to Divisional Secretary in Oddusudan confirms the complaint being made by the villagers. It says new lands should be given to those whose lands are acquired by government. When asked about the land acquisition, the government agent in Mulativu said that was unable to comment as he is not authorised to do so. However, a group of Tamil MPs who visited Murukandi told villagers that they would give a satisfactory solution for the problems they have faced within two weeks, reports our correspondent, Dinasena Ratugamage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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