The colonisation scheme was extended into the Northern province with the introduction of the Manal Aru ( Weli Oya ) scheme , which covered the districts of Mullaitivu , Trincomalee , Vavuniya and Anuradhapura . As ethnic Sinhalese farmers were settled in lands that were traditionally populated by ethnic tamils , given land , money to build homes and security provided by the Special Task Force . Although the scheme covered four districts , administration was handled from the Sinhalese dominated Anuradhapura district . The scheme aroused much anger amongst the Tamils . This anger boiled over into violence when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacked the Kent and Dollar Farm settlement at Weli Oya , killing 62
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Kent and Dollar Farm massacres
Sri Lankan state-sponsored colonisation schemes