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INDIA’S ASSISTANCE IN RECONSTRUCTION & RESETTLEMENT - MAJ GEN GS SHERGILL.
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INDIA’S ASSISTANCE IN RECONSTRUCTION & RESETTLEMENT - MAJ GEN GS SHERGILL
“IT IS, AT LEAST IT SHOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR INDIA AND CEYLON TO QUARREL. WE ARE THE NEAREST NEIGHBOURS. WE ARE INHERITORS OF A COMMON CULTURE…… BUT EVEN AS BLOOD BROTHERS SOMETIMES DIFFER, SO DO NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOURS. AND LIKE BROTHERS, THEY USUALLY ADJUST THEIR DIFFERENCES AND ARE OFTEN MORE CLOSELY KNIT TOGETHER AFTER THE CLEARANCE”
INDIA -CLOSEST NEIGHBOUR • 21 MILES APART AT CLOSEST POINT • 2500 YEARS COMMON HISTORY • ETHNIC AND RELIGEOUS TIES • COMMON INTERESTS IN INDIAN OCEAN
POST CONFLICT • SECURITY • GOVERNANCE • HUMANITARIAN AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING • ECONOMIC STABILISATION • INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT • JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION.
FIVE R’s 5 R’s
FOCUSSED ASSISTANCE • Livelihood and Shelterto include immediate requirements for shelter, sustenance and long term requirements for accommodation. • Agricultural Sector. • Education & capacity building to include construction of schools, and scholarships. • Information technical initiatives in the form of e-learning Centre’s. • Healthcare including supply of medicines and construction of Hospitals. • Vocational training with an aim to harness youth and empower women. • Cultural revival. • Industrial Development. • Connectivity & transport requirements.
INDIA’S ASSISTANCE CURRENT PERSPECTIVE
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA • Livelihood and Shelter.
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA • Livelihood and Shelter • Education and Capacity Building
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA • Livelihood and Shelter. • Education and Capacity Building. • Health Care
HEALTH CARE PROJECTCOSTSTATUS • Establishing Siddha Medicine SLR 105 Million Completed • Faculty • Supply of Medical Equipment SLR 117 Million Completed • Construction of Hospital (Dickoya) SLR 1 Billion 2012 • Emergency Hospitals SLR 58.7 Million Completed (Pulmoddai/Vavuniya) CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY HOSPITAL SIDDHA MEDICINE
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA • Livelihood and Shelter. • Education and Capacity Building. • Health Care. • Vocational Training.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING • LOCATIONCOSTSTATUS • VTC Halton 25.48 Million Completed • VTC Puttalam 62.88 Million Completed • VTC Batticaloa325 Million Completed • VTC NuwaraEliya202 Million Completed • SewaProject 197 Million Completed • (Empowerment of women)
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA • Livelihood and Shelter. • Education and Capacity Building. • Health Care. • Vocational Training. • Connectivity & Transport Infrastructure.
CONNECTIVITY & TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE Southern Railway Project - US $ 800 Million-2015 • RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COASTAL PROJECT BETWEEN GALLE TO KALUTARA. Northern Railway Project - US $ 800 Million-2015 • THE RAILWAY REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE NORTH (COMPRISING FOUR SECTORS : OMANTHAI-PALLAI, MEDAWCHCHIYA-MADHU, MADHU-TALAIMANNAR AND PALLAI-KANKESANTHURAI). KankesanthuraiHarbour - US $ 19.5 Million • HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, WRECK-REMOVAL & DISPOSAL, DREDGING AND REHABILITATION. Rail – Bus Project – SLR 72 Million • 5 RAIL BUSES EACH COMPRISING OF 2 BUSES TO CONNECT BATTICALOA & TRINCOMALEE. Renovation of Palali airport – UNDER CONSIDERATION
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA • Livelihood and Shelter. • Education and Capacity Building. • Health Care. • Vocational Training. • Connectivity & Transport Infrastructure. • Misc (Demining, Artificial Limb, Culture, Industry development, Enegry • Tourism, Fishing, Telecom, Banking and Financial Services and Trade)