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Colombo to declare permanent 'Sacred HSZ' at Maathakal

Genocidal Sri Lanka plans to keep Thiruvadinilai area of Maathakal, the northwest tip of the Jaffna Peninsula, as a permanent ‘High Security Zone’ by building a naval base there, but camouflaging it as a ‘Sacred Place’ of the Sinhala-Buddhists, news sources from Jaffna said. The location is one of the two closest spots of communication between the island of Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. While Thalai Mannaar in Mannaar district is the closest to Rameasvaram, Maathakal in Jaffna Peninsula is the closest to Koadikkarai (Point Calimere) in Tamil Nadu. Colombo’s archaeologists claim Thiruvadinilai as the landing place of Sinhala-Buddhism to the island in 3rd century BC, and are building modern Buddhist establishments there. A gazette notification of Colombo is soon expected to declare the area a ‘Sacred Place’ to facilitate permanent confiscation of lands belonging to Tamils. Even the uninhabited island Paalai-theevu off Jaffna and close to Kachcha-theevu has a Buddhist structure built in recent times, news sources in Jaffna said. The island lacking drinking water was never inhabited. It is a resting place for the fishermen of Jaffna and is a pilgrim place for the annual fete of St Antony observed by the Catholic Church of Jaffna. SL Army now occupies the island. In materialising a military-genocidal enclave at Thiruvadinilai in Maathakal, the local people are never permitted to even see their lands and houses. The fishermen community of the village is discouraged from carrying out fishing. In planning a centre of Sinhala-Buddhist authority at the place, the police station of the area too is going to be shifted to the enclave. In what is now believed as had been schemed by establishments on either side of the Palk Strait for varied purposes, an attack of a trawler fleet coming from India some months back inflicted heavy damages to the fishing nets of the fishermen of Maathakal. When the fishermen demonstrated in front of the Deputy High Commission of India in Jaffna that was disturbed by a gang coming from the SL military’s enclave in the city. One of the aims of the whole episode was making the local fishermen to leave Maathakal on their own, political circles in Jaffna allege. Meanwhile, Colombo’s leading archaeologist Dr. S U Deraniyagala, who is believed to be directing excavations at Kantharoadai through remote control, is currently on a visit to Jaffna.

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