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
WIDESPREAD POPULATION DISPLACEMENT
DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE
REDUCED PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY
DEVASTATED REVENUE BASE
AN EROSION OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL
GREATLY REDUCED SECURITY
AN INCREASED PROPORTION OF PEOPLE NEEDING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
CONFLICTS AND IMPACT
POST CONFLICT
SECURITY
GOVERNANCE
HUMANITARIAN AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING
ECONOMIC STABILISATION
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION.
INDIA’S EXPERIENCE IN CONFLICT AND POST CONFLICT SITUATIONS
FIVE R’s
RE CONSTRUCTION
RE SETTLEMENT
RE HABILITATIONRE INTEGRATION
RE CONCILIATION
5 R’s
FOCUSSED ASSISTANCE
FOCUSSED ASSISTANCE Livelihood and Shelter to 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.
LIVELIHOOD AND SHELTERSNO PROJECT COST TIME
LINE
REMARKS
(a) Livelihood packs Completed
(b) Shelter material SLR 1.3 Billion 1 Year 3,50,000 beneficiary
(c) Construction Material SLR 199 Million - Completed49,000 beneficiary
(d) Indian Housing Project (50,000 houses)(i) Pilot Project 1,000 houses(ii) Construction of 6,000 houses(iii)Construction of 43,000 houses
SLR 35 Billion
1 Year3 Year3 Year
Completed2000/Yearby 2014/15
(e) Agriculture Assistance SLR 224 MillionSLR 600 Million
-
Completed
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA
Livelihood and Shelter
Education and Capacity Building
EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING
SNO PROJECT COST TIME LINE
REMARKS
(a) Education and Capacity building SLR 2.5 Billion 3 Year On going(b) Language labs SLR 115 Million - On going(c) Renovation of schools SLR 188 Million - 42,000
students(d) E-learning labs SLR 30 Million Completed(e) Distribution of computers SLR 156 Million Completed
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA
Livelihood and Shelter.
Education and Capacity Building.
Health Care
HEALTH CARE
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
PROJECT COST STATUS
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA
Livelihood and Shelter.
Education and Capacity Building.
Health Care.
Vocational Training.
LOCATION COST STATUS VTC Halton 25.48 Million Completed
VTC Puttalam 62.88 Million Completed
VTC Batticaloa 325 Million Completed
VTC Nuwara Eliya 202 Million Completed Sewa Project 197 Million Completed
(Empowerment of women)
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA
Livelihood and Shelter.
Education and Capacity Building.
Health Care.
Vocational Training.
Connectivity & Transport Infrastructure.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COASTAL PROJECT BETWEEN GALLE TO KALUTARA.
CONNECTIVITY & TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
THE RAILWAY REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE NORTH (COMPRISING FOUR SECTORS : OMANTHAI-PALLAI, MEDAWCHCHIYA-MADHU, MADHU-TALAIMANNAR AND PALLAI-KANKESANTHURAI).
Southern Railway Project - US $ 800 Million-2015
Northern Railway Project - US $ 800 Million-2015
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, WRECK-REMOVAL & DISPOSAL, DREDGING AND REHABILITATION.
Kankesanthurai Harbour - US $ 19.5 Million
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)
CONCLUSION