as was required for the injured motorist at a driver managed to capture the car with a blanket and then gave it a lift in her car to the nearest wildlife rescue center. and that's it from me coming up next the dog film sri lanka the dark side of our special watch. in mexico many portions of lunch also an hour in the war climate change you very often story this is my blessing way for one week. how much we're going to really get. we still have time to work i'm going. to set.

sri lanka is a country still recovering from civil war and it's a country with 2 faces on the one hand exceptional natural beauty of the island a 2000 take taste of lush vegetation mainly comprising tea plantations a legacy of the british colonial era this is where the world renowned some home team is crowned a bigger attraction for 2 wrists of the nature versus which are home to some of the planet's rarest screeches. to come. before the coronavirus pandemic the island nation was the hotspot for foreign tourists attracted by the low prices in the 1300 kilometers of pristine beaches but the reality behind this postcard paradise. salissa pretty one. sri lankans face

discrimination in their own country with a growing number of the stablish mints now reserved for foreigners. not allowed to get in so we also visit the north of the country an area traditionally out of bounds for tourists to see the devastation of the civil war and the hundreds of thousands of landmines that still have to be cleared. certain areas remain listed with unexploded ordinance. while there i can't go any further and it is too dangerous. ensuring that tourists do come back it means securing fema and adjoining the beaches. tourism has become a final source of income for the country and among the parties wanting their piece of the pie as some you might not expect to make a martini and reservation details i mean do it in the north where the tamil minority constitute the majority of the population the army seems only present some

villages have been requisitioned in order to develop an unconventional business model. train lanka has around 20 seaside hotels run by the military isn't it strange for the army to do this kind of business say we're participating in community life we look at a side issue lanka the few get to see. this is a high security zone if you would if. you. knew. we made a group of tourists staying in this fishing village there's no beach bar and certainly no night club if you want to party you need to be more resourceful folks it's you know it's never easy to find out where it is for that but i know you've got to earn your evening by you. for sure words are

facing play follow the music. of the move. today the tourists will be spending the evening at this guest house it's like a sort of block party where all the visiting surface in the area have decided to meet out. every night the guest houses in the village take 10 setting up and improvise my club with a d.j. and about. a pint of beer cost to us 51st in these kinds of events enables guest house owners to place their incomes in a good month they can make 5000 euros just from parties i think that's a lot of money here the average monthly salary in sri lanka is 250 euros and the party hosts could earn a lot more if it weren't for the breaking of mishaps. 6

that hit i such as frequent power outages i really lucked out this is true that no energy to talk to everything was going so well until the power cut. that your spirit has led to regular power outages which isn't great for business with every minute that passes the party made fades further the family house in the venue try to contact the local electric city company i here's the number 011. about the line is busy it's 11 pm and the d.j. is getting restless if the outage last too long they'll have to cut the evening short like. i. was i. after half an hour the power is back on.

tonight these revelers won't be back at their hotel until the early hours. but in sri lanka not everyone is in the mood for partying. before the pandemic business was booming in the sri lankan tourist sector and 2019 it was the chosen destination of 2000000 holiday makers it's one of the country's biggest income earners but it's a development that has seen the emergence of some controversial practices. is 26 years old is a surfing instructor but for the last 2 years he's been unable to mingle freely with tourists after work because for certain guest house owners locals are not welcome. it's safe not allowed to get inside. they were going to come here and their guns they have still here and open convoys stead of inside.

that's right you know. they just get this and what's perhaps also strange is that the guest house makes no effort to hide what it's doing it. openly at the toss it's discriminatory policy. i'm loco and i'm for here and there for more so here there's a rest day because i do in her eyes they are the voice long long time but they don't they just started now you'll be able you know. down the road another guest house also proclaims that michaels cannot welcome. this kind of segregation is a less well known face of sri lanka. for some establishment of found other methods that have barely less conspicuous to stop sri lankans joining the party. by targeting their wallets. a few kilometers away the

popular club entry appears to be free for 2 wrists at least. until she bounces on the door a tasked with keeping srilanka guests to a minimum. and those locals who do pay for the privilege of getting in also have to wear a break wristband and much the tourists. fallouts have to bring over any $2000.00 i was very. sorry. and all could smile because 2000 rupees is the equivalent of 12 euros a sizeable some given that the average monthly salary in sri lanka is 250 years as a result precious few sri lankans make it through the door inside the club just

don't seem to have bothered even the sri lankan who had to pay to get in and does not charge him then again i'm an adult but it's not. the one thing i did was wrong. if there was no telling club owners have introduced the measures in order to reassure foreign tourists this is a country that has for years struggle to shake off a negative image in associations with violence. we want to know why sri lanka had taken so long to become such a popular tourist destination. we now take the road north to the part of the island less frequent it by tourists and what's happening there doesn't reflect well on sri lanka either a driver has agreed to take a stand on one condition that we don't reveal his identity after an hour on the road we pass an army checkpoint marking a sort of internal border. we're entering

a different country a different sri lanka. the big. population in this area is mainly tamil most of them hindus they currently live on the government military control. the ideal it landscape is increasingly blemished by houses in ruins. is the 1st time our driver has been to this area for several years. there was this big holding there and it they. are saying something. that there isn't nobody 2nd this place that this is what you will get. for decades if not longer 2 communities have been in conflict with each other in sri lanka 15000000 buddhist sinhalese who have governed the country since the end of which colonial rule and 3000000 hindu tamils who live

principally in the north of the country and who have been seeking independence. in 2000. 9 after 25 years civil war with the tamil tigers guerrilla group the government in colombo made a radical decision to effectively carpet bomb the north of the country within just a few weeks an estimated 40000 civilians lost their lives. on the ground and government troops then committed numerous atrocities some even filmed themselves performing summary executions. with 140000 civilians remaining unaccounted for the un has repeatedly demanded an investigation into war crimes.

today entire communities have been wiped off the map ghost villages when no tourists ever venture. here. and i have really. is a journalist from the tamil community he's been investigating the army's attacks on the people living in the move of the island here soldiers opened fire on houses and civilians that point blank range. you see the earth all it's also the bullets. you see. these hours and hours by the gallon men. fired on by then kept their promise and they. bombed and shelled or were there people who were leaving the variac.

today the villages deserted most of its inhabitants died journey attack only the most fortunate survived like this man. for prem these witness accounts are essential for proving economies involvement in who crimes and i'm. afraid and when we tried to shelter in our houses but the shells kept falling and killed everyone inside the entire families were killed and start. any investigation is practically impossible since the area has been sealed off for years. in jaffna the tamil cultural capital government soldiers of visible on every street corner this is the sri lanka the 2. cities that until 2010 was close to foreigners in an area cut off from the rest of

the country. through it all the newspaper friend works for has never stopped printing this openly protel publication has however paid a bloody price for its political leanings. and other good morning. research over yeah after that incident is that all the men now really do you know going to be so they'd be actually been. here you know. one of the rooms still bears evidence of the van of reprisals the prince colleagues were subject to. be in shock each and every morning to us. in 20067 armed men attacked the office killing 2 tamil employees and the not me didn't they. i'm after that $2.00 an hour mucedorus at back to stretch haven't stopped since the

end of the boer crime blames the atmosphere of intimidation of pro militia groups there so much of human rights violation and human rights abuses are happening in north by midday and. we are bringing out that informations the people who are in the power doesn't like us despite the threats crime has no intention of giving up. the case he is currently investigating is a particularly sensitive on a state scandal involving the army can start from the ball. during the war 300000 tamil civilians were forcibly displaced by the army. now ritchie g.'s in their own country they were split up and sent to 37 different camps . $4000.00 of them including hundreds of children a still living in this one in utter destitution their homes walls

a made out of corrugated sheet metal an old dry sacks. these are the wars forgotten people now deemed undesirables. the pulley and the buckets serve as a makeshift shower for the 350 families who live in this camp. while a big. print approaches an elderly woman to ask some questions. the baby girl is a 3rd generation she doesn't even on the homeland. never go back and she's the 1st generation 625 years. seen living here in 19 the day displaced from their latest did you. know one day she's just going i guess i can't go back we're not

allowed to. even think. before being sent to this camp she lived in the north of the country. and you show us on this map where you lived in there that the lending even the london england. but it was. it was around here. just there i remember there was that road to this side. this huge green zone on the map does not represent a sprawling forest and other things like orders on their land all. keeping by me. 24 square kilometers of coastline and the army control. during the war the military placed troops here to stop tamil guerrillas receiving weapons from india. but this

territory confiscated by the government has never been given back to the tamil population and government soldiers have even decided to make money from this land that isn't theirs via a somewhat unusual business model. our requests to film you went unanswered by the army without official thrice ation it's normally impossible to pass the barriers placed around this high security area we found a way to enter incognito. after a little research on the internet we discovered a hotel that has been set up in the middle of the army controlled zone. from the outside it looks like a classic resort this is swimming pool and access to the bait. we decided to try our luck. hello

a good year to booking through for this nights. they have rooms available we booked 2 of them. by booking a room we now have 24 hours of authorized access. entering this high security zone means being checked in aidid after a 20 minute car journey we come to a military roadblock. from this point on we have to fill in secret. and take it to tourists to the hotel id and reservation beat out what name they me . where are they from where. from france. after checking our papers they let us through. we're now on land with a 10 who are a few g.'s in the camps used to live. the army has put up a barracks to house at soldiers.

and in the middle of the complex facing out onto a bitch we reached the hotel booked a room. as a plaque at the entrance tells us in 2010 just after the war ended the hotel was opened by none other than the army's top commander. and it soon becomes clear why. on the arrivals form we have to fill out this is a list offering preferential rates to soldiers so it is. nice for the. last. year our military yes this is a. everybody military. this man in civilian clothing is a sergeant major in the sri lankan army the employees who are with him are also

soldiers including the 2 women. we bring up the subject of the tamil refugee camps before yesterday i met a guy in. refugee camp. before the city or he lived here in the north. as a reserve refugee camp no. no. never. ceased but he told me before the even one family lived there and now he lives in the refuses. to them come back. never. never ever. with all could laugh the soldier receptionist categorically denies the existence of the camps that we visited only a few days ago. once the war ended the military top

brass decided to exploit the land for their own benefit and built this hotel complex with a stunning ocean view. as far as army personnel are concerned it's simple the soldiers who were mobilized to combat the guerrillas who have relocated to the hotel. and the business concept was born military resorts. the hotel doesn't attract many western tourists which isn't surprising outside there's no one in the pool in fact the water is dirty and the lawns are poorly maintained the whole thing feels like what it essentially is a barracks rather than a hotel for holidaymakers it's mainly used by families visiting soldiers who still occupying the region. we decided to take a walk along the beach but don't get very far. but. they're. going to their beards. a soldier in uniform

coats is back. yeah. ok. this area you know. if you go to. madame. leaving the hotel without authorization is prohibited this is a strictly guarded environment nonetheless military hotels iraq streaming popular in sri lanka the ministry of defense is in fact the number one hotel group in the country. and n.g.o.s has identified 17 other resorts owned by the army. most of them are in the north on land that belong to the tamil. to take advantage of the countries to reason. and more importantly to redeploy some of the 150000 soldiers d.-ma since the end of the. these military commercial

ventures on tamil land are a controversial issue in sri lanka in 2015 the president himself asked the army to give the land back to the local population since then the ministry of defense has returned a paltry 2 square kilometers of territory. to the north of sri lanka represents a golden financial opportunity to develop the country's tourism industry the region boasts endless stretches of deserted beaches. the problem is that when they do depart the soldiers leave behind areas that are among the most dangerous in the world. absent. it's 6 am 100 also tabs of rock by truck. for the last 5 years this army of helping hands has been doing their bit to clear the land of unexploded munitions and the management of

a push in geo. heading up the team is headed official 9 year old service. as you everybody know let it come to you you do it there are just. only yesterday you have 121 minds you know mine fields in injury along with the world i guess you're in the war all these tamil civilians cleared up after me combatants today they're also the ones reading their homeland of landmines but remember safety 1st. is a very very dangerous job and we have to keep those are we have to maintain discipline otherwise things get out of control and we don't want that make ready for a kid who can has years of experience clearing form of conflict zones but the type

of work he's doing here in sri lanka is like nothing he's ever seen the food i started in gaza was better are. awarded from boredom. and then iraq to wait. for something. force langridge one of the most dense minefields in the world we found here we've cleared here nearly 20000000 square meters since 2002 payloads operating in this country. 200000 mines have already been destroyed but there remains a huge number still to be cleared. today he's at one of the most important signs a strip of land covering several square kilometers right on the cons to the. precautions are essential part the rest of the chain ketones a protective fixed. ok ready to go to the mine field. and

a protective plexiglass visor from here on there's no deviation from the same path . this is aren't clear there are so just really do not cross the road thanks and just we just follow me for this is where outsiders learn to fully. the term minefield the area is cleared by hand inch by inch. a minute mark the mind. as you say of the mars only very. very he says this is among all the other. and there are a yellow markers as far as the eye can see entire field some of them. they give you an idea of the intensity of the civil war but there's still a lot of work to to the next mine is really far away song easy to spot there is

a never mind just. the slightest amount of pressure on the detonator could take the mind clear is laid off but most of the devices are buried several centimeters under the surface and as such they are invisible to locate them experts like fishes have to exercise extreme caution well keeping their nerve. to avoid coming into contact with the detonator vicious starts from underneath gradually did not to the surface. the mind here on the left is only a few centimeters away from her pick-axe. the detonator is just visible about the sand. we should now has to remove the mine it's a delicate operation one wrong move could set off an explosion.

i can't go any further i do dangerous. since the beginning of the mine clearing campaign to sri lankans have lost their lives for this high risk job is paid $160.00 euros a month. stay back. in order to have maximum use of her hands to supervise it works without gloves the only tool she uses now is a hawk. clearing away this and requires utmost concentration. you still have to be careful at this point throughout the entire operation the team leader has shown immense precision and skill. but now it's in the box the danger is over. these mines were planted by the army in order to stop the tamil rebels from advancing join the war on america. today it's the

tamils who are risking their lives while the sinhalese soldiers then take the explosives. are. ready for a very. every day the army comes by to destroy any devices that have been found. why do you insist on destroying the mines yourselves. if forces alone that in trying to only the army is authorized to detonate these and we get the no one else . so the army doesn't trust the terminals we're asking too much that's exactly the. it's clearly a sensitive issue it's out of the question that these mines full of explosives would ever end up in the hands of the tamils. this huge strip of land dotted with mines is the gateway to

a highly treasured territory which is also why the tunnels a taking such great risks to clear it. or are they hope to attract tourists to the area with its unspoiled nature including lakes lagoons and a little further on along 70 beach. very good sound of a very very very water. i'm very aware the most but there are. many other potential of doing it. in a few years' time holiday makers may start frequenting these beaches. in the mean time it's the south of the country that's completely untouched by the war that's profiting from too isn't. central sri lanka is covered in rich vegetation and there are plenty of unique sights for foreign visitors to discover

here such as this put a statue overlooking the city of candy. in the biggest draw for tourists and the animals. they said oh this group of 6 tourists got up at dawn this morning. philip they are getting ready for a once in a lifetime 2 week trip through the sri lankan countryside. the all inclusive package cost $1500.00 euros. but the 60 year old veronica has saved up all gear for her dream holiday. we're all fans of fahri and we really hope we'll see all the animals in our guide book. this explains are about to enter the jala national park and nature reserve known to

have the biggest leopard population on the planet. if we go. this cheap trick has cost them $25.00 euros per person it must be one of the cheapest safaris in the world. we're sinking. and they'll certainly get their money's worth. i don't think you're a mile for the camera. the reserve covers 100000 hectares of land the tourists get to see buffalo in india and also exotic goods that can't be found anywhere else. in the. outlook all. of. the animal everyone is here to see is a leopard. the guides are on the lookout while the french tourists are getting

impatient. after 6 hours of searching. yeah i don't know but over there what's that. was the big cats emerge this was good. and bad. move. leopards a very rare also food is so beautiful they can only be found in 7 countries around the world very soon enough imo and we're so incredibly lucky. and have friends who are chosen to cross the center of the country accompanied by a french speaking died. it's a traditional trial. what i want to get on here that there are seats. in sri lanka taking the train is an

experience in itself. to train has arrived at in a while right here in a region that's about 2000 metres above sea level its main attractions of the tea plantations a legacy of british colonialism today sri lanka is the world's 3rd biggest t.v. producer after india and china its specialty is the variety named after the british 9 to the island of ceylon. to speak ill of what you learn about the entire process is that what this is what we used to make the young leaves just that. there's no charge to visit the plantations the french tourists are happy to go on a walkabout but they guide worried about the picture postcard image the authorities

want to convey then stops the group of french tourists. caught up in packing on stop filming that's not good for t.v. . let's get the wicker baskets. just as. all of a sudden the picture appears to be a family fenty one. of the pictures on the plantation our all time all women they work 6 days a week and here the work is done by hand. and also from forming his women unpaid parking lot that might not seem very heavy as i imagine it must be quite difficult in the fields with a tricky mopes how much kilograms you do it in their plan little over 4 euros says the guard and that's not the one you put the 20 kilos or not but the bank you don't want you to have hard work. the pick is earned 20 euro cents.

barely 50 euros a month it adds up to a cheap workforce in sri lanka some 1000000 people work on the plantations. he is 1st and foremost a business sri lanka's industry is valued at around $1000000000.00 euros a year. since the end of the colonial period the market has been controlled by private companies. a few kilometers further on one of the companies puts its values on prominent display guaranteeing the health safety and wellbeing of its workers but the truth is rather different when a company enters the tea industry it buys hectares of plantations and also all the people who work on them.

moni has been working on this plantation for 10 years she's also a tamil there on a certain. that they did and i became a picker because there's no weather work here any but i don't have a choice if you let it be it's what i have to do with leave the. bornean is now 30 like most of the pickers he has she was born on this plantation. if the tea fields are wound apart in exchange for small salaries the companies promise to house their employees and a contractually obliged to do so. as for what the company has actually given me and the other pick is. a slum hidden away in the middle of the plantation fornace i'm not normally allowed. to enter we spoke to this man. i don't i stood for he's a kind of workers' representative better than you get here. let me show you

the conditions we live in here. and i know. that. around 20 families live here in rudimentary conditions some don't even have running water. he shows us his house. and look it's full of holes. in gregoire was somewhat of a yeah the company says its hands renovate the house because the plantation doesn't make enough money. in this village everyone works for the company the women pick the leaves and men like petra maintain the plantation. he's $35.00 and in charge of spraying the tea plants.

master signed. the company has given him this container with no label headroom only knows that he needs to mix it with 3 parts water from the river. and. he was no protection when he was working with a highly toxic chemical. i had some flops about that damaged so now i don't have a clue. i don't there's kind of. this in every. headroom is criminally under equipped. his job is to spread the pesticide it. has been working in constant contact with the chemical for 7 years now the revenue i often have had and it doesn't that worry you and your horse a little but i can't stop watching. last month his headaches worsened and he was

unable to work his absence from work costs india needs. it and there were more but i only walked into the company paid me $1269.00 rupees. but i mean that's less than 8 euros for 2 days' work and there's no health insurance that. this is definitely good but he got ill because of this chemical and the company won't pay him and they always find someone else to do the work that he isn't cut and. headroom has little choice he had to start working again to feed his family in this village the t. workers seem to be left to provide for themselves. i have several days we tried to contact the plantations management to no avail. the office is several kilometers away. behind this barbed wire fence.

but some tea produces in sri lanka have made the well being if they work is a key element of their business. companies like deal marty at each of its plantations has built proper housing for its because they don't know any more than elsewhere but grow han who is in charge of the plantation has created an environment that is more comfortable for the workers. the felony is a standardized but he'd be tried to help them by other means. like. what would be. another baby. so that they can. keep it there so the baby will be collecting that mean look if you have a healthy foods you are definitely going to get a bit out. and to make family life easier schools have been set up inside the

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