Lankan Air Force to assist fisheries officials in surveillance

Sri Lanka's Air Force would assist the country's fisheries officials in surveillance of the frequent straying by Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen on to each other's waters, its new chief said today.
"The Air Force will assist local fisheries ministry in this connection," said Air Marshal Kolitha Gunatilleke, who yesterday assumed charge as the chief of air staff.
Frequent arrests of fishermen from Tamil Nadu by Sri Lankan Navy for alleged maritime violations has been a bone of contention between Sri Lanka and India.
Sri Lanka Air Force would undertake more civil construction projects in the government's reconstruction of the infrastructure since the end to the ethnic war in 2009, Gunatilleke said while describing the force's role in the post-conflict phase.

The Air Force played a decisive role in the military campaign against the LTTE rebels.