Kaapu · The Defence Layer
காப்பு — ஆயுதமின்றி பாதுகாப்பின் குடிமை அமைப்பு
A public defence organ for deterrence, documentation, restraint, and international cost-imposition. No militia posture. No operational fantasies. Only the visible architecture that makes mass harm harder to hide and harder to repeat.

விளக்கு — பாதுகாப்பல்ல, பயன்பாட்டுக் கொடை
Lit public space is the only protective intervention a diaspora can lawfully fund on the island. It is a utility, not a security system. It is owned by the receiving elected local authority from the day of handover. It carries no camera, no sensor, no network link, and no TLTE marking. The absences are the specification.

40.70 acres in Jaffna High Security Zone announced as released to civilians on 01 May 2025.
Government claims 672 acres of military-controlled land released across the North-East in 2025 (86.24 acres private, 586 acres state).
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake pledges to downsize the military by 2030 while continuing recruitment and reinforcing strategic capabilities.