Colombo (PTI) Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Tuesday assured the Parliament that three lakh Tamil civilians displaced due to conflict with the LTTE would be "resettled shortly".

Nearly three lakh people have been displaced in northern Sri Lanka as a result of the military's just-ended offensive against the Tamil Tigers.

"We are taking care of them. They will be resettled shortly," the Foreign Minister told the House, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Colombo to "show imagination and courage in meeting the legitimate concerns and aspirations of the Tamil people to live their lives as equal citizens."

"The Tamil problem is larger than LTTE," Mr. Singh told the Indian parliament.

Sri Lanka plans to resettle over 80 per cent of the displaced families by this year itself though the authorities have to grapple with the problems of basic infrastructure and clearing of land mines in the Wanni.

Last month Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa set up a high-level task to develop the embattled North and resettle the displaced Tamil civilians.

The task force headed by the President's brother, Basil Rajapaksa, is mandated to prepare strategic plans, programmes and projects to resettle internally displaced persons and rehabilitate and develop economic and social infrastructure of the Northern Province.