March 6, 2010 6:47 PM

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India considering Lanka request for more aid

India is considering Sri Lanka's request for additional aid to ensure resettlement of internally displaced persons – IDPs. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told reporters in Bangalore today.Sri Lanka had conveyed to India that it needs building material to house these IDPs. Mr.Krishna said that the condition of Tamils in Sri Lanka after the Presidential elections is getting better. Of the 2,80,000 IDPs, lodged in camps in Sri Lanka's north after the end of the war against LTTE last year, 1,80,000 have gone back to their places. There are still about 90,000 IDPs in the camps. The rules on their movement have been relaxed in the camps.

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