Indian Housing Project

During the visit of Mr. S.M. Krishna, Hon’ble External Affairs Minister of India, to Sri Lanka in January 2012, a Memorandum of Understanding (English, Tamil) was signed with the Government of Sri Lanka for implementation of the second phase of the Indian Housing Project. This will involve construction of 49,000 houses under a grant assistance of about US$ 260 million. The pilot phase of the Project for construction of 1000 houses is in advanced stages of completion and houses are being hande over to beneficiaries. Given its scale, the Housing Project is truly the flagship project of India’s developmental partnership with Sri Lanka, and is perhaps the largest such project undertaken by India anywhere in the world. 

1.  Pilot Project for construction of 1,000 Houses (Read more)
2. Construction of 43,000 Houses under owner driven model (Read more)
3. Construction of 6,000 Houses under agency driven model (Read more)

Demining

Indian had deployed seven Indian demining teams since 2009 to undertake demining operation in settlement areas at a cost of US$10 million and these are among the few teams doing manual demining (Read more)

Limb refitment
India implemented a humanitarian project during March / April 2010 and during September 2011 at Menik Farm and Jaffna where artificial Limb Refitment Camp was organized by the world famous non-governmental organization known as “Jaipur Foot”. They fitted artificial limbs and other devices to 2563 beneficiaries in all. (Read more)

Distribution of 10,000 bicycles
The Hon’ble External Affairs Minister of India, Mr. S.M. Krishna, during his visit to Jaffna on 18th January 2012, handed over some bicycles to IDPs under the Indian initiative to distribute 10,000 bicycles in the Northern Province under an Indian grant assistance of SLR 67 million. (Read more)

Shelter Material for IDPs

India supplied 10,400 MT of Galvanized Iron corrugated sheets as shelter material helping about 65,000 families at a cost of US$ 11.78 milion. (Read more)

Supply of Cement Bags

400,000 cement bags at a cost of US$ 1.75 million were supplied in 2010 to resettle families displaced during the armed conflict. (Read more)

Supply of Agricultural Equipments

Besides supply of 48,500 kg of seeds, 70,000 packs of agricultural implements were distributed to returning IDPs and another 25,000 packs were distributed in June-July 2011 worth US$ 2 million. (Read more)

500 Tractors, with the requisite accessories worth US$ 6 million, were delivered to revive farming activities in the Northern areas in November-December 2010. (Read more)

Supply of Livelihood Packs

India supplied 2,50,000 Livelihood Packs to IDPs comprising of food, clothes, medicine etc as immediate assistance immediately after the war in May 2009

EDUCATION & CAPACITY BUILDING

Scholarships for Sri Lankan Students

A nearly three-fold increase in scholarship support to deserving Sri Lankan students, involving a grant assistance of SLR 2.5 billion, was announced during the visit of the Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, Mr. S.M. Krishna, in January 2012. (Read more)

Language Labs

A Digital language laboratory was set up at the Centre for English Language Training (CELT) at Peradeniya. The English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad, served as the Technical Consultant for the project which had trained 40 Master Trainers from Sri Lanka. India will set up nine Language Labs in each of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka (Read more )

Renovation of Schools

79 schools in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya are being renovatedunder an Indian grant assistance of SLR 188 million. One of the completed schools was handed over by the Hon’ble External Affairs Minister of India, Mr. S.M. Krishna, during his visit to Kilinochchi on 18th January 2012. (Read more)

Setting up of Nenashalas
40 Nenasalas (e-Learning Centres)were set up in Eastern, Western and Southern Sri Lanka during 2007-10 at a cost of  SLR 30 million. (Read more)

Distribution of Computers & Printers to Rural Schools
India supplied 1,260 computers and 218 lazer printers to 487 schools and colleges across Eastern Province at a cost of SLR 155.76 million to spread IT literacy in rural schools. (Read more)

Setting up of Siddha Faculty at Trincomalee

Equipments, computers, furniture, books & vehicles worth SLR 105.59 million were supplied to the Siddha Faculty of the Eastern University at Trincomalee (Read more)

HEALTHCARE

Supply of Equipments to Hospitals

During the visit of the Hon’ble External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M. Krishna, medical equipmentswere handed over to the Kilinochchi District Hospital on 18 Jan 2012. The total cost of equipments, including those earlier supplied to the Mullaitivu District Hospital, amounts to SLR 117 million. India had earlier provided medical equipment to Jaffna Teaching Hospital. (Read more)

Construction of Hospital

A 150-bed hospital at Dickoya near Hatton, in the Central Province, is being built under the grant assistance of the Government of India, at an estimated cost of SLR 1200 million. The construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2012. (Read more)

Emergency Hospital

An Emergency Hospital was set up in Pulmoddai and Vavuniya (Menik Farm – Zone I) from March to September 2009 at a cost of SLR 58.7 million, which treated about 50,000 patients and carried out 3000 major and minor surgeries.

VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Vocational Training Centres (VTCs)
Rural Vocational Training Centres (VTC) at Hatton, Putallam, Batticaloa & Nuwara Eliya have been set up. (Read more)

Empowering War Affected Women
India is implementing a Project for self employment of war affected women with particular emphasis towards empowerment of widows by providing technical assistance in garments, ornamentation, food processing, computers, rain water harvesting, enterprise development, solar lantern etc at a cost of INR 8.22 (Read more)

CULTURAL REVIVAL

Cultural Centre at Jaffna
India will be undertaking construction of the Jaffna Cultural Centre for which a National Design competition was held. The Centre when completed will be an architectural landmark and a cultural icon. (Read more)

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

Achchuvely Industrial Zone
India is undertaking the rehabilitation of the Atchchuvely Industrial Zone near Jaffna at a cost of US$ 157,873, to create employment opportunities in the Northern Province and to provide a platform for industrial development of Jaffna.  (Read more)

ENERGY

Sampur Power Plant
The Joint Venture Agreement for the 500 MW Sampur coal power plant, the largest such initiative between the two countries so far, was signed recently and the plant is expected to come on-stream by mid-2016.  (Read more)

CONNECTIVITY & TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Southern Railway Project
Reconstruction of the Southern Railway coastal project between Galle to Kalutara, being implemented by IRCON under an Indian concessional line of credit of USD 167.4 million, has been completed. Phase-I of the Project, comprising the Galle-Matara Section, was completed in February 2011 and the Galle-Hikkaduwa railway track was inaugurated by EAM Krishna on 19 Jan 2012. 
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Northern Railway Project

The railway rehabilitation project in the North (comprising four sectors: Omanthai-Pallai, Medawchchiya-Madhu, Madhu-Talaimannar and Pallai-Kankesanthurai) financed by an Indian concessional line of credit of USD 800 million, was inaugurated by Mr. S.M. Krishna, Hon’ble External Affairs Minister of India, in Nov 2010 and is expected to be completed on schedule by December 2013. The project also includes installation of signaling and telecommunication systems for these sectors and the supply of rolling stock.
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Kankesanthurai Harbour
The Hon’ble External Affairs Minister of India, Mr. S.M. Krishna, announced the completion of wreck-removal at the Kankesanthurai Harbour (at a cost of US$ 19.5 million) at an event held in Jaffna on 18 January 2012.  India stands ready to provide further grant assistance for the next phase of the project, including dredging and rehabilitation of the pier and port infrastructure.  (Read more)

Rail-Bus

In order to provide affordable means of travel and improved connectivity between Batticaloa and Trincomalee, Indian funded the Project for supply of five Rail Bus units which is operating at present.  (Read more)

Distribution of Buses

India supplied a fleet of 110 buses to connect remote areas with the main highways to enable movement of people in Central, Northern and Eastern Provinces. (Read more)

Renovation of Palaly Airport

India has expressed willingness to assist the Government of Sri Lanka in developing Palaly as a civilian airport.