LTTE has almost vacated Mullative, and people believe that the final battle would be in South East of Viswamadu, as it is where Prabhakaran believed to be hiding. Despite LTTE warnings, people are making daring attempts to leave the area and they want government to instruct them what to do through leaflets dropped from air.
Celltel Mobile phones are working in Vishwamadu. LTTE has banned using phones and Radio/TV at all, but eager people are clandestinely using them to contact relatives to report the situation and ask for help.
Recently, a large vehicle convoy has passed South West of Vishawamadu area. It has had two captured Army Buffels, fully camouflaged with branches and treetop matter. There have been over 400 LTTE cadres providing security. People are in the opinion that it was Prabhakaran who travelled. Once the convoy has passed, many explosions have been heard from South side of Vishawamadu, and it is believed that LTTE has blasted the small bridges and sewer ducts along the roads leading to Vishwamadu.
On the other hand, all the refugees have been asked to camp in jungle areas. As they have always done, bigger and better food rations have been given to Maveer and LTTE families. Nevertheless, in order to receive food (government sent) other than very old people, people have to do all the LTTE hard labour.
LTTE has appointed their agents for every 500 families, and people have to report their activities they did for LTTE to get the rations from them. For even small matters LTTE has been severly-beating civilians. People fear that more than 1000 civilians who rebelled against LTTE were executed in the past three months, as they have been taken away by LTTE and not returned to their families.
As reported, whole area is like a concentration camp of LTTE, because the civilians has to do nothing else, but follow orders of LTTE and do LTTE work for food. No sick or elderly being cared by Government Nurses or Dr, because many of the houses and resources have been used to treat LTTE men and women. Two Doctors have been assigned to look after civilians, but they also have been dragged most of times to treat LTTE men and women, leaving sick Children, Elderly etc to be looked after only by their relatives. People are very helpless and are under the tight boot of LTTE. DN Edited By - AnuD - 7 Jan 2009 02:48:00 GMT |