PRESS RELEASE

I take this opportunity to appeal to the Leadership of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to realise the seriousness of the situation and open its gates to the restricted areas under their control and allow free access to every organisation that volunteers to do relief work there – the Mullaitivu and the Point Pedro Electorates in particular. It is no secret that the Mullaitivu and parts of the Point Pedro Electorates have suffered heavy losses and there is undue delay in relief items reaching the unfortunate victims.

Since the victims of the tidal waves had lost everything including there kith and kin delay should not occur in rushing their basic needs. More than anything else health is not only the major problem for the refugees it is the most urgent one as well.

Very many countries have already sent in their aid in various forms to meet the urgent needs of the victims. Further more over seven hundred foreign Doctors has arrived and large stokes of Medicines also have reached Colombo. The LTTE should go all out to get the assistance from anybody to see that sufficient number of Doctors, Medicines, food items for both adults and children and a substantial number of volunteers are sent to Mullaitivu and Point Pedro areas immediately. According to reports reaching Colombo these are the areas that are most neglected in the North.

Due to our negligence the unfortunate refugees should not be deprived of what they are entitled to.



V. Anandasangaree,
President – TULF