Palaly ( ta, பலாலி) is a small town in the North

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n city of

Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...

. It has an important International airport and a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Palaly or SLAF Palaly. Both military and civilian aircraft land there. It is one of the main transport service connections Jaffna Peninsula with the rest of the country and India.

Palaly Military Base

Palaly is in a High Security Zone declared by the

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of an area of less than 25 square kilometers due to the

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. The former residents of the area have been evacuated; although it was initially claimed that this was due to security reasons subsequent research by a number of non governmental organisations has cast doubt on this claim. Limited resettlement began in 2002 but was not completed. In 2013 the Government of Sri Lanka attempted to put their claim to this land on a legal footing by claiming that the land was needed for a "public purpose" and that the previous inhabitants of the land could not be found. 2176 previous inhabitants of the land came forward to challenge this ruling in court, the case is ongoing. The

Palaly Military Base Palaly Military Base is a military base located in Palaly, Northern Province of Sri Lanka, and the largest on the Jaffna Peninsula. The base houses the Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna and is in close proximity to the naval base SLNS Uttar ...

houses the

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and is in close proximity to the naval base; SLNS Uttara at

Kankasanturai Kankesanthurai (, , lit. ''Port Kankesan''), colloquially known as KKS, is a port suburb, fishing division and resort hub of the Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Formerly an electoral district, Kankesanthurai is home to the Kankes ...

and air base;

Jaffna Airport Jaffna International Airport ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணம் சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம், translit=Yāḻppāṇam Carvatēca Vimāṉa Nilaiyam; si, යාපනය ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුව ...

. There is also a

military hospital A military hospital is a hospital owned and operated by a military. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a ...

in Palaly.

Palaly Air Base

SLAF Palaly Palali or Palaly may refer to : * Palali, Gujarat, a village on Saurashtra peninsula, Gujarat, western India * Palali State, a former princely state with seat in the above town * Palaly, Sri Lanka, a Sri Lankan town with ** Palaly Military Ba ...

served as the main lifeline in the Jaffna Peninsula, as there was no land supply route to the peninsula until 2009. Till then much of the essential food items, medicines for the civilians and the armed forces as well as ammunition were brought regularly via air to the SLAF Palaly.

Radio stations

* SLBC REGIONAL SERVICES. :* Palaly Sevaya (Sinhala) / YAL FM(Tamil)) 102.0 MHz *

ITN, Sri Lanka Independent Television Network Ltd ( si, ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනී මාධ්‍ය ජාලය; ta, சுயாதீன தொலைக்காட்சி ஊடக வளையமைப்பு) also known a ...

TAMIL SERVICE. :* VasanthamFM (Tamil) / VFM (Tamil) 97.0 MHz

Television stations

TAMIL CHANNEL. :* VasanthamTV (Tamil) / VTV (Tamil) 25 UHF

References

Radio Stations in Sri Lanka

Towns in Jaffna District Valikamam North DS Division {{NorthernLK-geo-stub