The Sri Lankan Armed forces have now undertaken the largest humanitarian operation in the world, as the LTTE have taken thousands of civilians in the government declared ‘No Fire Zone’ (NFZ) hostage.
The Army has almost swept away terrorists strongholds in the northern anterior of the 12 kilometre long NFZ demarcated for the civilians and now limited their mop up operations to the southern anterior.
The Sri Lanka Army 58 Division soldiers are spearheading the rescue operations as they have established their positions closest to the NFZ border, West of Ampalavanpokkanai and South of Puthumathalan. Troops have identified the best accessible routes for the civilians to come out of the NFZ and established rescue points there. According to defence sources, some of these rescue points are located just 150 metres short of the LTTE built earth bund on the NFZ border.
“Troops continuously keep the civilians informed of the safe routes to the cleared areas as they open up more escape routes by removing terrorists blockades”, said the sources.
“Public address systems have been a positioned at several locations closest to the NFZ to convey these information to the civilians”, the sources added
The Army has almost swept away terrorists strongholds in the northern anterior of the 12 kilometre long NFZ demarcated for the civilians and now limited their mop up operations to the southern anterior.
The Sri Lanka Army 58 Division soldiers are spearheading the rescue operations as they have established their positions closest to the NFZ border, West of Ampalavanpokkanai and South of Puthumathalan. Troops have identified the best accessible routes for the civilians to come out of the NFZ and established rescue points there. According to defence sources, some of these rescue points are located just 150 metres short of the LTTE built earth bund on the NFZ border.
“Troops continuously keep the civilians informed of the safe routes to the cleared areas as they open up more escape routes by removing terrorists blockades”, said the sources.
“Public address systems have been a positioned at several locations closest to the NFZ to convey these information to the civilians”, the sources added
