A small community meeting was held in Jinthupitiya, Colombo on 29th July 2018. The group is facing many issues. One lady has been trying to locate the whereabouts of his son, who was abducted in Wattala years ago. Having written to over 10 government institutions to no avail, she is now turning to RTI to

RTI Training at Maharagama for the IO’s and DO’s of the DS Offices in Colombo

TISL RTI team had valuable discussion with RTI expert Mr. Venkatesh Nayak on 12th July.

Another meeting was held at Point Pedro on 8th July, with more than 20RTIs facilitated, for WDS members.

RTI village meeting held at Meesalai East on 8th July. More than 15 RTIs facilitated.

Village RTI meeting in Vadaliyadaippu, Jaffna, on 7th July. 10 RTIs facilitated including one group RTI.

Renovation work of the Vairavar Kovil road in the 2nd cross street of Vavuniya commenced in October 2017. It is nearly 200 meters and comes under the purview of the Vavuniya Urban Council. The contractor who won the bid did not continue the work. The work was merely commenced, and no progress was made thereafter.

Mr. Mansoor from Rampawa of Madavachchiya DS division of the Anuradhapura district had a land issue. A Grama Niladhari claimed his land with a land permit. Mansoor need to get the original documents related to land permit from the DS office and he continuously tried to get it. He spent almost ten months but got

Mr. Logeswaran from Ganeshapuram of Vavuniya district sent a complaint letter to the Chief minister’s ministry of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) regarding a housing issue in their village. As there was no action taken, after 19 days he made a telephone call to the NPC and asked about the action taken for the letter.