Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

Sri Lanka's Water Supply and Water Drainage Board today urged the public to consume water resources sparingly due to the severe drought prevailing in the country.

The Water Board stated that it receives many complaints from in and around Colombo, especially from areas on high ground and away from water tanks on the supply of water on low pressure levels.

The Board pointed out that this situation has occurred due to the public using drinking tap water for other purposes such as washing cars, clothes and watering plants.

The Water Board urged that drinking water which is supplied to the public at a great cost to the state should be used in a cautious manner.

Press reports say that you received military training in Cuba. How did you manage to acquire your-how?

Pirapaharan: Through sheer personal training. I use my natural instincts and I watch war films and westerns by (American movie actor) Clint Eastwood. If I were trained in Cuba, I would have been a better fighter.

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Mazumdar: Your opponents often charge that innocent civilians are often killed in your military offensives. How do you respond?

Pirapaharan: The LTTE has never killed any civilians. We condemn such acts of violence. There were occasions when we had to kill home guards. But they are not civilians. They are trained non-combat draftees who carry guns.

How many troops do you have under your command and where do they train?

Pirapaharan: That's a secret. I can tell you we are strong enough to take on the51,000 strong Sri Lankan military and well enough equipped to carry on protracted guerrilla warfare.

Four Sri Lankan military personnel, including Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and homeguards, who were manning a military post at Seranawa in Kantha'laay (Kantale) in Trincomalee district were killed Monday morning when Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) carried out a raid on the military post in the high security area, LTTE's Trincomalee command has claimed in a note issued to Tamil media on Tuesday. Two firearms were seized in the raid, according to the LTTE.

One T-56 assault rifle, 30 rounds and a shotgun were seized and the cadres safely returned to their base, the Tigers said.

What kind of a political system do you envisage for an independent Tamil state?

Pirapaharan: We want to establish a socialist society. Ours will be a unique socialist model, neither Soviet nor Chinese nor any other.