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Elaborating on the challenges, he pointed to militarisation as a major impediment to governance. Many families that were internally displaced during the war were yet to be resettled. The Sri Lankan army, he said, had taken over private land and in some cases even agriculture. “Locals have to purchase produce from their own land cultivated by the army,” he said, adding that women and children suffered periodic intimidation by the army.via: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/army-hindering-governance-inthe-north-says-wigneswaran/article5568444.ecesource: www.thehindu.com