COLOMBO, July 17 -- The government is in discussions with the Land Reform Commission to resettle six families who were evicted from St. Leonard's Estate in Ragala following a court order, Deputy Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure S. Pradeep Sundaralingam said.

Speaking at a forum in Colombo on Friday (17), Sundaralingam said the government was exploring ways to ensure the affected families could be resettled within the same area.

The discussion, titled 'Opportunities and Challenges in Protecting Land, Housing Rights and Other Human Rights of the Hill-country Tamil Community', was organized with the support of the Act Now youth organization at the J.D.A. Perera Gallery.

The deputy minister said the government was also c...