Palali is a small town in the North Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n city of Jaffna

Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...

. It has an important airport. Both military and small civilian aircraft land there. It is one of the main transport service connections Jaffna Peninsula

Jaffna Peninsula

The Jaffna Peninsula is an area in Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is home to the capital city of the province, Jaffna and comprises much of the former land mass of the ancient Tamil kingdoms of the Nagas and the medieval Jaffna kingdom. The peninsula is mostly surrounded by water, connected to...

 with the rest of the country.

Palali Military Base

Palali is in a High Security Zone declared by the Sri Lanka Armed Forces

Sri Lanka Armed Forces

The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, the Sri Lanka Air Force which comes under preview of the Ministry of Defence...

 of an area of less than 25 square kilometers due to the ongoing civil war

Sri Lankan civil war

The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on July 23, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil...

. The former residents of the area have been evacuated due to security reasons. Limited resettlement began in 2002 but was not completed due to the escalation of the civil war. The Palaly Military Base

Palaly Military Base

Palaly Military Base is a military base located in Palaly, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The base houses the Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna and is in close proximity to the naval base; SLNS Uttara at Kankasanturai and air base; SLAF Palaly. The Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps maintains a base...

 houses the Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna

Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna

Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna is a regional command of the Sri Lanka Army, that is responsible for the operational deployment and command all army units stationed in and around the Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province, this includes several divisions and the independent brigades...

 and is in close proximity to the naval base; SLNS Uttara at Kankasanturai and air base; SLAF Palaly. There is also a military hospital

Military hospital

Military hospital is a hospital, which is generally located on a military base and is reserved for the use of military personnel, their dependents or other authorized users....

 in Palali.

Palali Air Base

SLAF Palaly serveed as the main lifeline in the Jaffna Peninsula, as there was no land supply route to the peninsula until 2009. Till then much of the essential food items, medicines for the civilians and the armed forces as well as ammunition were brought regularly via air to the SLAF Palaly.

Radio stations

• SLBC REGIONAL SERVICES.
• Palali Sevaya (Sinhala) / YAL FM(Tamil)) 102.0 MHz
• ITN, Sri Lanka TAMIL SERVICE.
• VasanthamFM (Tamil) / VFM (Tamil) 97.0 MHz

Television stations

• ITN, Sri Lanka TAMIL CHANNEL.
• VasanthamTV (Tamil) / VTV (Tamil) 25 UHF