COLOMBO: Computers and other technological items head the newest purchase list of the LTTE following the lifting of the embargo by the Sri Lankan United National Front government. The newest plans of the LTTE is keeping in line with the leader’s open market economic policy, announced at last week’s press conference.

Ramu Sinnappa, a key whip in the LTTE administration, in an exclusive interview with the writer said that the new plans are in accordance with the orders of the LTTE leader based on his open economic policies.

“We will begin with the purchase of around five computers which we hope to buy with funds from the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization”, Sinnappa, an ex-schoolmaster in Jaffna known as ‘Sinnapa master’ in the LTTE fraternity, said, referring to the main funding machine of the LTTE, kept thriving by funds mainly provided by the Tamil expatriate community.

According to Ramu Sinnapa , the computers are to be purchased for a youth institute to be established by the LTTE in the Kilinochchi region which is to include vocational training. In addition to computers, typewriters, generators and sewing machines are also to be purchased by the LTTE.

“We are in the planning stages. We hope to get the non- governmental organization in the region involved in our development plans”, Sinnappa said.

The LTTE’s development plan is to include a wide resettlement structure where forestland in the Mankulam region would be cleared to accommodate the thousands displaced people living in congested IDP settlements in the Vanni.

“We have approached the UNHCR and await the final results of the UNDP which has embarked on a survey on the displaced population in Sri Lanka and in India.

Once the survey is concluded we hope to submit proposals to other foreign missions to help us settle the displaced, Sinnappa said.

He said further that the LTTE would recommend the building of permanent housing for a feasible number of displaced persons, giving initial priority to those living in camps in the LTTE controlled control area.

Meanwhile it was revealed that nearly two lakhs of mines had been removed from the areas Kilinochchi, Nadunkurni and Odusudan areas in Vanni.

“We will continue with the mine clearing”, a member of the LTTE administration head office in Thunukkai said pointing out that specific orders have been given by the LTTE leader to be persistent in the mine clearing which is being taking place by nearly 300 LTTE members trained by the Tiger hierarchy.

The LTTE leader in his meeting with Tamil politicians in the Vanni last Friday had laid out in detail his plan to develop the Vanni ‘independently’ without the help of the Government.

Apparently the materializing of the LTTE’s chiefs plans will be based on how generous the foreign funding agents will appear.

Vanni sources point out that already proposals of plans for resettling displaced persons, agricultural boosting ventures and mine clearing are being churned out in the LTTE administrative interiors to be handed out to the Foreign missions.

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