More than 40 Sri Lankans living as refugees in Tamil Nadu, India are scheduled to return to the island on November 17, under the UNHCR facilitated voluntary repatriation programme. The returnees, comprising 13 families are scheduled to fly in from Trichy.
Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Ministry Secretary V. Sivagnanasothy said that of the 41 refugee returnees 22 are males and 19 are females. They will go back to Mannar, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Mullaitivu and Jaffna.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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