Security measures in Vavuniya have been relaxed to a great extent with normalcy prevailing in the area since the eradication of LTTE terror.

A number of restrictions placed on civilian and vehicular movement have been eased. People were full of praise for the measures adopted from yesterday (20).

Forty road barriers, 32 bunkers and six Police posts in Vavuniya and suburbs were dismantled yesterday.

According to security sources, certain bunkers were built 25 years ago and most of them were situated in close proximity to military establishments and border villages.

They said only suspicious vehicles would be stopped and searched in future and restrictions on parking of vehicles in the town had been lifted.