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Sri Lanka not doing enough to rehabilitate displaced Tamils-India

by senthil5000 | June 30, 2009 at 06:23 pm

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India told today that Sri Lanka is not doing enough to rehabilitate the tamils displaced and living inside detention camps.

The Sri Lankan Tamil refugees will not be forced to go back to the country if they are not interested.

India on Monday said Sri Lanka has not done enough to rehabilitate displaced Tamils and asked Colombo to allow the Red Cross to take up relief and give media access to refugee camps in the strife-torn areas.
India had allocated Rs 500 crore for rehabilitating Lankan Tamils, but the rehabilitation plan was not ready in Sri Lanka, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said.

"We regret this," he told mediapersons at Karaikudi in his constituency, Sivaganga.

He said Sri Lankan Tamil refugees would not be forced to go back. "The government will however make all arrangements for them to return if they voluntarily want to go back."

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Tamiya

at 20:03 on June 30th, 2009

mmmm.... looks like India is acting due to the pressure from somewhere, interesting.

Regardless, if Tamils IDPs get a break from their continuous suffering, that is way worth it.

Uncle Sam (not verified)

at 22:46 on June 30th, 2009

No prejjure. In reality it is depression in India.

However, the occurrences of short, dry, and prolonged dry spells significantly increased in the west central, hilly regions and peninsular India. In general, the number of short rain events and dry spells show increasing tendency for the country as a whole. Short spell rain events usually occur because of local convection and thunderstorms.

Long spell rain events are associated with cyclonic systems like deep depressions and storms.