Showing posts with label Sri Lanka Army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sri Lanka Army. Show all posts
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Fully furnished houses for the homeless
Soon after the war on terrorism ended the army commenced its humanitarian operation of rescuing two hundred and ninety three thousand (293,000) people and gave them food, shelter and protection for several months. Finally, a majority of them were able to settle down in their hometowns.
During the rescue operation around 12,000 ex-LTTE cadres either surrendered or were arrested by the security forces. All of them are now rehabilitated, and we do not use the term LTTE cadres any more because they are fully rehabilitated.
These remarks were made by Major General Udaya Perera, the Security Forces Commander, Kilinochchi in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Observer.
Soon after the war on terrorism ended around three hundred thousand people who came to the army controlled area needed to be cared for and treated kindly. Due to the trauma they underwent at the hands of the LTTE a majority of them were depressed and needed some form of rehabilitation and counselling. The army and the security forces performed an admirable task in handling this humanitarian problem, he said.
Major General Perera said, the army and the security forces were able to win over the displaced people because they disliked the LTTE and the TNA. This is due to the TNA taking a confrontational stand which could be an obstacle for peace and reconciliation. The people of the North want peace and a peaceful life. Therefore, they fully cooperated with the forces.
He said when the army wished to recruit female soldiers from the Kilinochchi district the young girls in the area, disregarding and rejecting the false propaganda and obstacles put forward by the TNA enthusiastically applied for jobs. We received over five hundred applications from them. The Major General said they are proud because they were able to select around one hundred female soldiers from Kilinochchi which was badly devastated by the war.
These girls are recruited to the volunteer force. If they are willing they can work for the next fifteen years for the army. They are being paid Rs. 32,000 per month and in addition they will be given 18,000 rupees worth food, shelter and uniforms including medical facilities, he said.
He said, since the majority of the female recruits are from poverty stricken families they do not even have a house to live in. Therefore, the army built 20 houses at a cost of Rs. 500,000. The whole construction work was handled by Army personnel. Now these houses are valued at Rs. one million. The houses will be handed over to 20 female army recruits within the next few weeks.
The female soldiers come under Major Shyamin Perera. She said the female soldiers will be initially engaged in civilian work such as the eradication of Dengue and the spread of infectious diseases. They will also be involved in foster care, clerical duties and handling of computers.
Major General Perera said, the army has introduced a scholarship for the children from poor families. The scholarship scheme begins from Grade five to the University entrance class. The yearly scholarship ranges from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 10,000. They are paid from funds collected from army personnel on a voluntary basis.
Courtesy : http://www.news.lk/news/sri-lanka/4936-fully-furnished-houses-for-the-homeless
Friday, December 21, 2012
India remains preferred destination for training of SL military
While stating that India remains the preferred destination for training of Sri Lankan officers, an Indian TV channel NDTV said that 870 Sri Lankan military officers are undergoing training in India in the current year (2012-13).
“In 2011-12 for instance, 820 Sri Lankans undertook training in Indian Military Establishments. In the current year (2012-13), 870 officers are undergoing training in India. This includes two senior officers doing the prestigious National Defence College (NDSC) course in New Delhi,” it said.
Following is the full article
As Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh lands in Colombo later today, he is certain to hear from his hosts about many unfulfilled aspects of Indo-Sri Lanka Defence Cooperation.
One of the unfinished agendas between India and Sri Lanka is a formal Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA), in discussion between the two countries since 2003.
Top Defence sources in both the capitals say most aspects of a formal pact have been agreed upon but domestic compulsions on either side have prevented the final signing of the DCA.
The lack of a formal defence cooperation pact has however not prevented the two countries from furthering their defence ties, opposition in Tamil Nadu to the presence of Sri Lankan military personnel in various Indian training institutions notwithstanding.
“In 2011-12 for instance, 820 Sri Lankans undertook training in Indian Military Establishments. In the current year (2012-13), 870 officers are undergoing training in India. This includes two senior officers doing the prestigious National Defence College (NDSC) course in New Delhi,” it said.
Following is the full article
As Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh lands in Colombo later today, he is certain to hear from his hosts about many unfulfilled aspects of Indo-Sri Lanka Defence Cooperation.
One of the unfinished agendas between India and Sri Lanka is a formal Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA), in discussion between the two countries since 2003.
Top Defence sources in both the capitals say most aspects of a formal pact have been agreed upon but domestic compulsions on either side have prevented the final signing of the DCA.
The lack of a formal defence cooperation pact has however not prevented the two countries from furthering their defence ties, opposition in Tamil Nadu to the presence of Sri Lankan military personnel in various Indian training institutions notwithstanding.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Storm uncovers Tamil terrorist artillery in Sri Lanka
A storm surge in Sri Lanka’s northeast has exposed buried artillery guns of the Tamil terrorist group the Tigers, who leadership was killed by the military, eliminating the the movement.
Troops stumbled on four 152mm artillery barrels and one 130 mm piece believed to have been used by the terrorists during their last stand in the district of Mullaittivu, army spokesman Ruwan Wanigasooriya said, AFP reports.
“They had buried it along the coast and the cache was exposed due to a storm surge in the area,'' Wanigasooriya said. “We knew that the [Tamil] terrorists used heavy weapons, but this is physical evidence of their big artillery guns.’’
Government forces crushed the Tamil terrorists who were cornered in a small stretch of lagoon where the group’s top leadership was wiped out in May 2009.
The spectacular military success ended nearly four decades of fighting by the Tail terrorists.
“Tigers fired these artillery pieces from areas where the civilians were sheltering in the final stages of the war,’’ Wanigasooriya said.
Rights groups blamed the Tigers for using civilians as a human shield while government forces were accused of shelling civilian areas declared a no-fire zone during the final battles.
In May, security forces said they unearthed 6,250 kilos of C-4 type plastic explosives buried in a jungle area in Mullaittivu.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Army saves life of LTTEr's daughter
By Vijayani EDIRISINGHE
The Sri Lanka Army has intervened to save the life of a 20 year old girl in Jaffna who was in the throes of death due to an acute heart ailment recently.
Kajindanee, of Achchuveli, Jaffna had fallen ill several times and doctors had diagnosed a heart ailment for which she had obtained treatment without much success. Her father who joined the LTTE as an armed cadre had died during a confrontation with the Security Forces and her mother who had to fend for her family had made ends meet by working as a labourer.
When a mobile health camp was held in Jaffna on March 15 for the benefit of people in Jaffna on the instructions of Jaffna Commander Maj Gen Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Kajindanee too had attended the camp accompanied by her mother. Consultant heart surgeon Dr. Vivek Gupta, an Indian doctor attached to the Colombo Asiri Hospital Cardiology Unit who was among the specialists conducting the camp had diagnosed an acute heart ailment and found that Kajindanee's life would not last for more than 15 days unless she was immediately attended to. Kajindanee's mother who heard about the serious condition of her daughter had pleaded with Col Wijendra and doctors to somehow save her life.
Col Wijendra had immediately gone into action to find a donor to sponsor Kajindanee's heart operation. An engineer named Thirubanandan who was a friend of the Security Forces in Jaffna had volunteered to provide Rs 400,000 needed for the surgery and the purchase of two valves (stents).
Dr. Anil Perera, Dr. Manjula Karunaratne and Dr. Vivek Gupta of the Asiri Hospital had agreed to perform Kajindanee's operation free.
Maj. Gen. Mahinda Hathurusinghe arranged to send Kajindanee and her mother to the Asiri hospital in Colombo by a special fight. A successful operation was performed on Kajindanee on March 30 thus saving a young life which otherwise would have faded away in a matter of 15 days or so.
All arrangements have been made by the Army to provide board and lodging in Colombo for Kajindanee and her mother and post surgical medical treatment until she is fit to return to Jaffna.
The 3rd Vijayabahu Artillery Regiment of Jaffna will be responsible for the safety of Kajindanee and her mother until they return home. Kajindanee's mother was full of praise for the Sri Lanka Armed Forces for coming to the assistance of their family. The Tamil community of Jaffna is also thankful to them for this humane deed.
url - http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/04/05/news24.asp
The Sri Lanka Army has intervened to save the life of a 20 year old girl in Jaffna who was in the throes of death due to an acute heart ailment recently.
Kajindanee, of Achchuveli, Jaffna had fallen ill several times and doctors had diagnosed a heart ailment for which she had obtained treatment without much success. Her father who joined the LTTE as an armed cadre had died during a confrontation with the Security Forces and her mother who had to fend for her family had made ends meet by working as a labourer.
When a mobile health camp was held in Jaffna on March 15 for the benefit of people in Jaffna on the instructions of Jaffna Commander Maj Gen Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Kajindanee too had attended the camp accompanied by her mother. Consultant heart surgeon Dr. Vivek Gupta, an Indian doctor attached to the Colombo Asiri Hospital Cardiology Unit who was among the specialists conducting the camp had diagnosed an acute heart ailment and found that Kajindanee's life would not last for more than 15 days unless she was immediately attended to. Kajindanee's mother who heard about the serious condition of her daughter had pleaded with Col Wijendra and doctors to somehow save her life.
Col Wijendra had immediately gone into action to find a donor to sponsor Kajindanee's heart operation. An engineer named Thirubanandan who was a friend of the Security Forces in Jaffna had volunteered to provide Rs 400,000 needed for the surgery and the purchase of two valves (stents).
Dr. Anil Perera, Dr. Manjula Karunaratne and Dr. Vivek Gupta of the Asiri Hospital had agreed to perform Kajindanee's operation free.
Maj. Gen. Mahinda Hathurusinghe arranged to send Kajindanee and her mother to the Asiri hospital in Colombo by a special fight. A successful operation was performed on Kajindanee on March 30 thus saving a young life which otherwise would have faded away in a matter of 15 days or so.
All arrangements have been made by the Army to provide board and lodging in Colombo for Kajindanee and her mother and post surgical medical treatment until she is fit to return to Jaffna.
The 3rd Vijayabahu Artillery Regiment of Jaffna will be responsible for the safety of Kajindanee and her mother until they return home. Kajindanee's mother was full of praise for the Sri Lanka Armed Forces for coming to the assistance of their family. The Tamil community of Jaffna is also thankful to them for this humane deed.
url - http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/04/05/news24.asp
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