The Government will meet the electricity needs of the entire Jaffna District by November this year. Its desire is to supply power without a crisis after completing the work on the Chunnakam Power Plant.
According to the Miniter of Power and Energy W D J Senevirathna 24 mega watts of power is being provided to the Jaffna civilians at present. The Chunakkam power plant, which will be ready by end of November, can generate 36 megawatts, generating six megawatts from six generators. Thereafter it will be possible to supply power to factories of the District. 50 Chinese engineers and 50 constructors resident in Jaffna are engaged in this task. The Government of Sri Lanka in its effort in providing infrastructure facilities to the benefit of Jaffna civilians expected to provide electricity to the entire Jaffna Peninsula through Chunnakam power plant and much work is being done in the construction.
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Karunanidhi fires letter to Manmohan against Lankan navy
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure the safety of Indian fishermen and request the Sri Lankan Navy to exercise constraint and refrain from shooting innocent Indian fishermen.
In the letter a copy of which was issued to the press, Karunanidhi urged the Prime Minister to take steps to protect their lives and ensure their livelihood.
‘In spite of the assurances given by the government of India, the fishermen of the State feel insecure and reluctant to carry on fishing in the Indian water for fear of attack by Sri Lankan Navy without any warning’, he said. (News Today)
In the letter a copy of which was issued to the press, Karunanidhi urged the Prime Minister to take steps to protect their lives and ensure their livelihood.
‘In spite of the assurances given by the government of India, the fishermen of the State feel insecure and reluctant to carry on fishing in the Indian water for fear of attack by Sri Lankan Navy without any warning’, he said. (News Today)
Sri Lanka - President changes law on retirement age limit
The president will hereafter be able to extend the retirement age of any public official for whom the law says he is "appointing authority" - including the attorney general, says Lalith Weeratunga, secretary to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Last month, Rajapaksa issued an Extraordinary Gazette amending the rules of the Public and Judicial Officers (Retirement) Ordinance to state that: "…the President may if he considers it expedient extend the age of compulsory retirement of any Public Officer appointed by the President."When asked to clarify what public officials were eligible for extension under the new regulation, Weeratunga told LAKBIMAnEWS: "All public officials for whom the president is appointing authority, including the attorney general and secretaries." When it was noted such appointments were governed now under the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, Weeratunga replied: "The appointments have to be recommended by the Constitutional Council, that's a different story. The appointing authority is still the president." Rajapaksa's critics have accused him of having changed the law to extend the term of Attorney General C R de Silva so that he may be made Chief Justice on Sarath N Silva's retirement in June. Weeratunga denied this and said C R de Silva - whose term has already been extended by six months till February - will retire before Sarath Silva does. "The attorney general is due to retire in February while the chief justice steps down in June," he explained. He said the attorney general was "only given an extension at this point of time to ensure the smooth functioning of the attorney general's department". "We will have to find another attorney general in the interim," he added. Asked until what age the president could extend the retirement age of these public officials, Weeratunga said, "indefinite… there is no limit." He claimed it was not a new regulation. He also said President Chandrika Kumaratunga had extended the retirement age of IGP Chandra Fernando by a year (he retired at 61). "It's the same principle."Meanwhile, the proposal to extend the retirement age of all public sector workers to 63 is still before Cabinet. Weeratunga said such a move would save billions for the government in terms of pensions but added that it was up to the cabinet to decide
Sri Lanka: LTTE likely to carryout a series of morale boosting assassinations
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage and assassination. This is the only way to win a seemingly unwinnable war - Anon
While most Sri Lankans buoyed by the continuous victories in the battlefield are not paying attention, the LTTE is likely to carryout a series of morale boosting assassinations to wipe-out the Southern leadership and thereby regain the upper-hand in this fight to the finish.
This devastating strategy may include a number of high profile assassinations between now and 26th November – LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran’s 54th birthday – Heroes Day, which will decapitate much of the political and military leadership of Sri Lanka and restore his standing at a time when many consider the destruction of the LTTE to be imminent.
The top targets of such a desperate strategy may include:
1. H.E. President Mahinda Rajapakasa (Commander in Chief), his family, including his Brother and Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakase who narrowly survived a bomb attack on December 01, 2006;
2. Prime Minister Hon. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (who was also previously targeted by the Tigers), and the Minister of Foreign Affairs;
3. Army commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka who on 25 April 2006, survived an LTTE suicide bomb attack in which he was seriously injured and nine others were killed;
4. All top commanders in the battlefront;
5. TMVP leader Col. Karuna (V. Muralitharan), and Eastern Province Chief Minister Pillayan (Hon. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan);
5. Several other anti LTTE Tamil leaders (Hon. Douglas Devananda & Mr. V. Anandasangaree) and anti-LTTE journalists.
Media reports in the past have stated that there are at least six assassins shadowing top military and political leaders and as in the case of the suicide attack of Hon. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle on April 6, 2008, they will strike at the first lapse in security.
The weapon choice this time around may be the bullet not the bomb as snipers will find it easier than suicide bombers to acquire their targets. Also kamikaze aircraft may be used for dramatic effect. Last week the security around the President’s official residence Temple Trees was toughened.
The first such asymmetrical counterattack by the LTTE may be the with cyanide poisoning of over 200 soldiers at the Henanigala camp in Eastern Province last weekend. The fish were allegedly injected with the poison. Are the camps abandoned by the fleeing Tigers booby trapped?
The most shocking element of an asymmetrical counterattack will be the use of Sinhala Tigers know as the - Revolutionary Liberation Front or Viplawakari Vimukthi Peramuna, to execute these high profile assassinations. Many of them (including female Sinhala Tigers), may have by now successfully ingratiated themselves to the top brass of the government and their staff as was done by Tiger Babu - the killer of President Ranasinghe Premadasa.
Media reports state that the Tigers have also its trained upcountry youth to fight the government. Another dangerous development is the assistance provided by certain religious institutions to the LTTE to continue its murderous campaign.
If the LTTE is able to even target half the above mentioned leaders then it will demoralise the forces and the Tigers will find it easy to defeat them. The demoralized troops are likely to go on rampage and kill scores of Tamil civilians and there are likely to be anti-Tamil riots like 1983 but on a much larger scale and throughout the country. International humanitarian intervention will follow and Sri Lanka will become a UN colony which will then be split along ethnic lines. The UN will help Prabakaran to become leader of the state of Eelam. Think East Timor or Kosovo.
Through the above mentioned series of assassinations, Prabakaran, the master of misdirection, may once again show his supporters why is he a brilliant tactician as he did not have to fight a larger scale and costly war against the troops instead he achieved his objective with just a handful of bullets.
Other methods may include hijackings, kidnappings and blackmailing those trusted by the leadership to carryout these dastardly acts.
Needless to say the writer trusts that steps have been taken to avert such a national catastrophe. Sri Lanka cannot afford to lose its courageous and patriotic civilian and military leadership, especially since many leaders have been ruthlessly slain in the past 33 years starting with the assassination of Jaffna mayor Alfred Duraiappah in 1975 allegedly by Prabhakaran and most recently the killing of Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle in April on the orders of Prabakaran.
This writer appeals to the patriotic citizens of Sri Lanka to assist the law enforcement authorities to prevent the above mentioned scenario from becoming a reality.
While our leaders and brave soldiers are endangering their lives to bring peace to Mother Lanka by ridding it of the cancer of terrorism, we have a duty to keep them informed of the saboteurs in our midst who are trying their best to undermine this valiant effort.
May the present leadership of Sri Lanka be protected from harm.
While most Sri Lankans buoyed by the continuous victories in the battlefield are not paying attention, the LTTE is likely to carryout a series of morale boosting assassinations to wipe-out the Southern leadership and thereby regain the upper-hand in this fight to the finish.
This devastating strategy may include a number of high profile assassinations between now and 26th November – LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran’s 54th birthday – Heroes Day, which will decapitate much of the political and military leadership of Sri Lanka and restore his standing at a time when many consider the destruction of the LTTE to be imminent.
The top targets of such a desperate strategy may include:
1. H.E. President Mahinda Rajapakasa (Commander in Chief), his family, including his Brother and Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakase who narrowly survived a bomb attack on December 01, 2006;
2. Prime Minister Hon. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (who was also previously targeted by the Tigers), and the Minister of Foreign Affairs;
3. Army commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka who on 25 April 2006, survived an LTTE suicide bomb attack in which he was seriously injured and nine others were killed;
4. All top commanders in the battlefront;
5. TMVP leader Col. Karuna (V. Muralitharan), and Eastern Province Chief Minister Pillayan (Hon. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan);
5. Several other anti LTTE Tamil leaders (Hon. Douglas Devananda & Mr. V. Anandasangaree) and anti-LTTE journalists.
Media reports in the past have stated that there are at least six assassins shadowing top military and political leaders and as in the case of the suicide attack of Hon. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle on April 6, 2008, they will strike at the first lapse in security.
The weapon choice this time around may be the bullet not the bomb as snipers will find it easier than suicide bombers to acquire their targets. Also kamikaze aircraft may be used for dramatic effect. Last week the security around the President’s official residence Temple Trees was toughened.
The first such asymmetrical counterattack by the LTTE may be the with cyanide poisoning of over 200 soldiers at the Henanigala camp in Eastern Province last weekend. The fish were allegedly injected with the poison. Are the camps abandoned by the fleeing Tigers booby trapped?
The most shocking element of an asymmetrical counterattack will be the use of Sinhala Tigers know as the - Revolutionary Liberation Front or Viplawakari Vimukthi Peramuna, to execute these high profile assassinations. Many of them (including female Sinhala Tigers), may have by now successfully ingratiated themselves to the top brass of the government and their staff as was done by Tiger Babu - the killer of President Ranasinghe Premadasa.
Media reports state that the Tigers have also its trained upcountry youth to fight the government. Another dangerous development is the assistance provided by certain religious institutions to the LTTE to continue its murderous campaign.
If the LTTE is able to even target half the above mentioned leaders then it will demoralise the forces and the Tigers will find it easy to defeat them. The demoralized troops are likely to go on rampage and kill scores of Tamil civilians and there are likely to be anti-Tamil riots like 1983 but on a much larger scale and throughout the country. International humanitarian intervention will follow and Sri Lanka will become a UN colony which will then be split along ethnic lines. The UN will help Prabakaran to become leader of the state of Eelam. Think East Timor or Kosovo.
Through the above mentioned series of assassinations, Prabakaran, the master of misdirection, may once again show his supporters why is he a brilliant tactician as he did not have to fight a larger scale and costly war against the troops instead he achieved his objective with just a handful of bullets.
Other methods may include hijackings, kidnappings and blackmailing those trusted by the leadership to carryout these dastardly acts.
Needless to say the writer trusts that steps have been taken to avert such a national catastrophe. Sri Lanka cannot afford to lose its courageous and patriotic civilian and military leadership, especially since many leaders have been ruthlessly slain in the past 33 years starting with the assassination of Jaffna mayor Alfred Duraiappah in 1975 allegedly by Prabhakaran and most recently the killing of Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle in April on the orders of Prabakaran.
This writer appeals to the patriotic citizens of Sri Lanka to assist the law enforcement authorities to prevent the above mentioned scenario from becoming a reality.
While our leaders and brave soldiers are endangering their lives to bring peace to Mother Lanka by ridding it of the cancer of terrorism, we have a duty to keep them informed of the saboteurs in our midst who are trying their best to undermine this valiant effort.
May the present leadership of Sri Lanka be protected from harm.
Three arrested in Sri Lanka hill country for sending money to LTTE
Sri Lanka Police today arrested three persons who were involved in a large number of thefts and lootings in Nuwara Eliya and sending the money to the LTTE in North.
Heavy rains continue in Sri Lanka
As Sri Lanka would continue to experience the present rainy weather, the highest rainfall has been reported from Bandarawela today, the Meteorological Department said.
Sri Lanka says 24 rebels killed in new fighting
Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan soldiers captured three Tamil Tiger rebel bunkers and killed 24 guerrillas in fighting across the island's restive north, the military said Saturday.
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Troops captured the three bunkers and killed eight rebels in fighting Friday along the northeastern front of Welioya district, military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said.
Other fighting broke out Friday in Vavuniya district, where 14 rebels were killed, and in Kilinochchi district, where two guerrillas were killed, Nanayakkara said.
On Saturday, air force helicopters bombed rebel bunkers in the rebel-held Mullaittivu district to support advancing ground troops, the military said in a statement.
It did not give details of damage or casualties suffered by rebels in the raid.
With communication all but cut with the northern areas, rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan could not be reached for comment.
Independent verification of the fighting and casualties was not possible because most journalists are banned from the war zone. Both sides have been accused of exaggerating enemy casualties and underreporting their own.
Fighting has escalated in recent weeks because of a government offensive deep into the jungles of the north, where the rebels control a de facto state. The government has pledged to crush the rebel group by the end of the year.
The rebels have admitted losing territory in recent battles but claim government soldiers are overextended and are walking into a trap.
Tamil Tiger rebels have fought since 1983 to create an independent homeland for Sri Lanka's ethnic minority Tamils, who have faced discrimination at the hands of successive governments controlled by ethnic Sinhalese.
More than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence.
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Troops captured the three bunkers and killed eight rebels in fighting Friday along the northeastern front of Welioya district, military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said.
Other fighting broke out Friday in Vavuniya district, where 14 rebels were killed, and in Kilinochchi district, where two guerrillas were killed, Nanayakkara said.
On Saturday, air force helicopters bombed rebel bunkers in the rebel-held Mullaittivu district to support advancing ground troops, the military said in a statement.
It did not give details of damage or casualties suffered by rebels in the raid.
With communication all but cut with the northern areas, rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan could not be reached for comment.
Independent verification of the fighting and casualties was not possible because most journalists are banned from the war zone. Both sides have been accused of exaggerating enemy casualties and underreporting their own.
Fighting has escalated in recent weeks because of a government offensive deep into the jungles of the north, where the rebels control a de facto state. The government has pledged to crush the rebel group by the end of the year.
The rebels have admitted losing territory in recent battles but claim government soldiers are overextended and are walking into a trap.
Tamil Tiger rebels have fought since 1983 to create an independent homeland for Sri Lanka's ethnic minority Tamils, who have faced discrimination at the hands of successive governments controlled by ethnic Sinhalese.
More than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence.
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