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Can you provide a source for that? I can't find anything in a casual Google search.
by tines 2y ago
Can you provide a source for that? I can't find anything in a casual Google search.
- krainboltgreene 2y agoSure: https://thuppahis.com/2022/07/28/the-mahaweli-project-the-mother-of-all-development-schemes-in-sri-lanka/ https://thuppahis.com/2022/07/28/the-mahaweli-project-the-mo... > One underlying motive of the settlement pattern was to change the demographics of the Eastern Province, and it was clearly UNP policy laid down by JR and energetically implemented by Gamini. In Systems H and C 90% of the settlers were Sinhala and 10% Muslim – there were no Tamils although the land was in the Eastern Province, a majority Tamil province. It's one of the many dark parts of our history.