Mar 25, Colombo: The Sri Lanka government says all internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Eastern Province will be resettled before the coming provincial council election.

There are over 6000 IDPs still sheltered in welfare camps in the Eravur Pattu and Kiran areas.

Resettlement of IDPs from the Trincomalee District started today. Some 464 people belonging to 132 families from the Pallikudiruppu, Muttur, area have been resettled. Meanwhile, there are IDPs from five more villages in the Muttur area still living in welfare camps in the Batticaloa District, sources said.