The curfews which were imposed in the Jaffna peninsula have been relaxed this week from 11.p.m to 4.a.m unlike last month when it was declared between 6.pm and 5.am and the 18 hour curfews per day in August. The power cuts have also been eased from the 18 hour duration to 4 hours from 12 midnight to 4am.

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