According to him, the camp only had Red Arrow, shoulder-held rockets imported from China, but were not used much during the war.

Speaking to ‘Dinamina, he said he did not believe not even those rockets numbered 20,000, and remarked that as far as he knew such weapons used in fierce warfare would not be needed again.

Camp to be rebuilt at Salawa

Meanwhile, military spokesman Brig. Jayanath Jayaweera said the camp would be rebuilt at Salawa, but sans an ammunition dump.

Also explaining Army’s efforts to rebuild civilian facilities, he said 1,080 drinking wells had been cleaned in the past few days, while clearing the area of debris was continuing.

Also, around 1,340 schoolchildren will be given school equipment and uniforms free of charge, he added.