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Sri Lanka expanding its Military in peacetime
It is just over a month since Asia's longest civil war in modern times came to an end, with the Sri Lankan government's declaration that it had finally defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels (LTTE) on the battlefield and killed nearly all their leaders.
Yet the army chief says he wants the army, already 200,000, to increase in size by 50%.
The military says the ambitious plan for the massive 50%increase in size is grounded in the need to quash possible militancy and also to help with development work.
The military spokesman, Brig Udaya Nanayakkara, told the BBC there are plans to build more military bases in the north.
"Presently two security force headquarters are established in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi," he said.
"Under these headquarters camps will be established to see that no terrorist activities take place in those areas in the near future.
"That doesn't mean people can't go and settle down. People will be able to settle down. But we will have to see that the whole area activities are being monitored by some organised establishment."
From:BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lanka's expanding peacetime army
It is just over a month since Asia's longest civil war in modern times came to an end, with the Sri Lankan government's declaration that it had finally defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels (LTTE) on the battlefield and killed nearly all their leaders.
Yet the army chief says he wants the army, already 200,000, to increase in size by 50%.
The military says the ambitious plan for the massive 50%increase in size is grounded in the need to quash possible militancy and also to help with development work.
The military spokesman, Brig Udaya Nanayakkara, told the BBC there are plans to build more military bases in the north.
"Presently two security force headquarters are established in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi," he said.
"Under these headquarters camps will be established to see that no terrorist activities take place in those areas in the near future.
"That doesn't mean people can't go and settle down. People will be able to settle down. But we will have to see that the whole area activities are being monitored by some organised establishment."
From:BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lanka's expanding peacetime army
