Vanni Postal services cut off since the past 3 weeks

Postal services for Kilinochchi and Mullaithivu districts are not functioning since the past three weeks, according to officials at the Sri Lanka Ministry of Post and Telecommunications.
Colombo Tamil daily Virakesari reports, in the past mail was being sent to Kilinochchi on Postal Department vehicles and forwarded to Mullaithivu as well from there.
But the increased attacks along A9 posing severe danger, postal services have come to a standstill according to officials.
Due to the postal service interruption Grade 5 students are yet to receive results of the Scholarship Examination, while students in other parts of the country have already received them.
Amidst humanitarian despair and scores of civilians looking to contact their loved ones outside of Vanni, postal service curtailment is adding to their woes, social workers said. Several official correspondences between the districts too have been halted resulting in delay of essential services to Vanni civilians, according to Imelda Sugumar, Government Agent of Mullithivu.