Iranai Iluppaikulam, six miles north of Poovarasankulam was captured. Troops advanced 10 miles further north on 6 March and annexed Mundrumurippu, where they were joined by another column moving from Omanthai, on Vavuniya-Jaffna road. The Sri Lankan government says 220 sq mile territory was captured in the operation. Around 4,000 permanent residents of these areas and another 10,000 refugees fled north to Mulankavil, Thunukkai and Vinayagapuram.
Reports say, some have found refuge in schools and others are living in the open without any relief.
According to Vanni Government Agents 13,000 civilians remained in the Army captured territory. Government officers began registering their names and issuing two weeks dry rations. As troops advanced, artillery shelling caused civilian deaths and injury. Three more civilians died in Nedunkandal and Mundrumurippu. The LTTE had earlier denied permission to civilians travelling north from Poovarasankulam.