A year after Kilinochchi was liberated from the LTTE, the Sri Lankan Army today started the process of resettling Tamil civilians displaced due to the war in the former de-facto capital of the Tamil Tigers.<br/><br/>In the first phase, 1200 civilians, who have been living in several camps in northern Lanka since January, 2009, will be resettled in and around Kilinochchi, which was captured by the Sri Lankan Army in January last year after eight months of intense fighting.<br/><br/>The government also provided the civilians with dry rations sufficient for 6 months, financial assistance and agrarian and fisheries equipment. Officials of the Ministry of Disaster Relief Services and Resettlement said. Officials of the Ministry of Disaster Relief Services and Resettlement said that measures have also been taken to develop<br/>infrastructure facilities in the area. <br/><br/>It also said only 82,000 of the total 2.93 lakh displaced civilians are to be resettled in their towns and villages. Sri Lanka started resettling Tamil civilians in their towns and villages since September last year, four months after curtains came down on the 30-year-old civil war in the country.