- to provide information to the District Secretary and PradeshiyaSabhas on illegal transportation of guard. to make the authorities of the area aware of private tuition classes. Attention of the Commission was drawn to the request made by participants to hold regional committee meetings once a month and to provide identity cards to them. 5.5 Regional Office, Jaffna Introduction The Jaffna Regional Office covers Jaffna and Kilinochchi districts. There are 05 employees of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and 04 employees of the UN Human Rights Programme and the UNICEF project are working at this office. The Jaffna Regional Office conducts a mobile service in Kilinochchi every Thursday. The District of Jaffna is 1025 square kilometers in extent whereas Kilinochchi district is 1279 square kilometers. It is an important to note that the Jaffna district contains 7 islands. The Jaffna district is comprised of 15 Divisional Secretariats and 435 GramaNiladhari Divisions whereas the Kilinochchi district is comprised of 4 Divisional Secretariats and 95 GramaNiladhari Divisions. Jaffna district is consisted of one Municipal, and 3 Town Councils and 13 PradeshiyaSabhas. Kilinochchi district is consisted with only 3 Pradeshiyasabhas. There are several important venues including the Nallur and serveral other Hindu temples as well as NagadeepaVihara situated in the district of Jaffna. The population in Jaffna District is nearly 650,720 whereas Kilinochchi has 103,717. The Ministry of Land has initiated work in acquiring 6381 Acres of land in Jaffna district for the Palali and Kankasanthurai high security zones. Since Indian fisherman and non-Jaffna Sri Lankan fisherman have started encroaching the territorial seal of the Jaffna peninsula in 2013, a crisis has arisen with the area. The Commission had convened responsible authorities, i.e. Fisheries and accquatic research Department & the Police and held a special meeting. It should be noted that the Northern Provincial Council Elections was held on 21.09.2013. The Tamil National Alliance which competed with main political parties of the area won 30 out of 38 seats. In year 2010 the number of voters who casts their vote was 33% and this time it increased to 68%. The Central government party UPFA won 7 seats while the Muslim Congress won 1 seat. In year 2013, two incidents of abducting, raping and killing of two women of the area were reported. 72