Good housing essential for conflict displaced - President

Duminda Guruge

COLOMBO: President Mahinda Rajapakse has requested the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society to provide relief to North-East conflict displaced in the same manner they treat tsunami victims.

The President made this request when a group of delegates from the Red Cross led by its Chairman Jagath Abeysinghe called on him at Temple Trees yesterday morning.

The President recalled the cooperation extended by the Red Cross and other voluntary organisations to assist tsunami victims.

He requested the delegates to obtain the cooperation of the International Red Cross Society to help those affected by the conflict.

Explaining the misery of the people in the North and East who were battered by two decades of conflict, the President emphasised the responsibility of the Government to provide good quality housing facilities to those displaced by the conflict.