The internally displaced Sinhalese people from Welioya who were residing in the Alikimbulagala school premises in Padavi-Parakramapura have decided reluctantly to return to the Athawetunaweva village.
When the Tamil Tigers fired mortars to the Athawetunaweva village in the Welioya Defense Colony on 31st May, 1,118 individuals belonged to 310 families of the village fled the Sinhala border village in the North Eastern Sri Lanka. Over half of the IDPs had returned to the village now and the rest have decided to return although they were not satisfied over the security provided to them.
Some IDPs said that they were returning due to the lack of facilities in the school premises they were temporarily sheltered. They were removed from school buildings and provided temporary shelters in the school premises few weeks back when the school was reopened.
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