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Indo-Lanka committee to oversee post-Ditwah reconstruction
View(s):Indian experts and technicians coming to carry out projects under US$450 million recovery package
By Damith Wickremasekara
A joint official committee consisting of Sri Lankan and Indian officials will be entrusted with handling India’s US$450 million post-disaster reconstruction package, a senior government official said.
The joint committee would decide on reconstruction projects to be carried out, purchases to be made under the Indian credit line and deployment of manpower from India to expedite projects, the official said.
The joint committee will work under three time frames to complete the projects – in three months, six months and nine months – drawn under five different categories: road and railway; health and education; housing; agriculture and establishment of an immediate disaster response team.
Indian teams, including technical support, are expected to be here for reconstruction projects related to housing, medical, education, railway and road construction.
The Indian High Commission will coordinate with respective officials in conducting the meetings and reviewing progress. The first meeting is due next week, where a list of prioritised reconstruction projects will be identified.
The Indian government will assist in establishing an Immediate Disaster Response Team similar to the one in India spearheaded by the National Disaster Response Force. Required equipment and technical support would be provided.
India’s US$450 million assistance package consists of US$350 million in concessional lines of credit and US$100 million as grants.
The announcement of the relief package was conveyed by India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who arrived in Sri Lanka as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special envoy and met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and other government and political party leaders.
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