HOW LONG CAN INDIA KEEP QUIET ON LANKA VIOLENCE ?

After more than four years of relatively calm environment, the situation in Srilanka has gone back to "square 1". All the efforts of Norway mediated peace talks seems to be going in vein. Both the parties have got a new reason to break the ceasefire, the control of 'Maavil Aaru' reservoir. Srilankan forces resorted to airstrikes to open up the LTTE blocked sluice gates of water canal, which is the source of irrigation for srilanka troops controlled downstream areas.

Both the parties are blaming each other and have put the Norway mediated Feb 2002 ceasefire agreement into backburner.

The worst and most recent of all is the Srilankan airforce bombing an orphanage in Tigers controlled area, which LTTE claims to have killed 61 children and the Tigers repulsive attack on Pakistan High Commissioner convoy in columbo.
Last week, 15 people working for the French humanitarian agency, 'Action Against Hunger' were killed in Muttur because of Lankan military bombings. And the list continues ....

The fighting in last two weeks alone have displaced more than 30000 innocent civilians in the area. This also leads a huge influx of refugees into India. There is nothing worse than to live as refugees in their own home land. Even many risk their lives to cross over to Tami Nadu as refugees. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) has urged those planning on making