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INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS

FACED BY MANNAR PEOPLE

GROUP MEMBERS

Ajanthan.E RU/E/2006/005Ayilan.N RU/E/2006/017Hapilan.S RU/E/2006/063

Jananan.S RU/E/2006/070Kowsikan.K RU/E/2006/082Prasanth.S RU/E/2006/129

GROUP NO : 49

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INTRODUCTION TO THE

SOCIETY

Mannar District is located in northwestern SriLanka.

Geographically the bulk of Mannar is on themainland within the arid and dry zone.

The primary economic activities in Mannar arecrop cultivation (mainly paddy), fisheries andanimal husbandry.

Mannar district's population was 103,688 in 2007.

The population of the district is mostly SriLankan Tamil.

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MANNAR DISTRICT PROFILE

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

Mannar District is located in northwestern SriLanka. It is one of five administrative districts ofthe Northern Province.

Peoples, who live at Mannar, face manyproblems to developing the infrastructure facilitiesfor their basic needed. Thats why, we consideringor identifying some infrastructure categories to

motivate the peoples welfare in the society.

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WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING

Transportations facilities.

Drinking Water.

Eroding of coastal area.

Fisheries.

Electricity.

Education.

Agriculture and Irrigation.

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TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

Existing A standard roads are not in goodcondition.

Most of the access roads are foot paths.

Main entrance bridge is under construction.

Due to flood the roads become damage, this makesome problems during rainy periods.

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SOLUTIONS FOR

TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

Speedup thereconstruction of the MannarBridge and its causeway.

Constructing access roads.

Increase the embankmentfor road construction.

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DRINKING WATER

Mannar is located in the driest region of thecountry.

Many areas in the district suffer shortages ofpotable water.

In some areas they are getting pure water usingdeep tube wells and through bowsers to otherareas.

And also in some places the seawater penetrate into

the ground.

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SOLUTION FOR DRINKING

WATER

Establishing SeawaterDesalination System.

Rehabilitation and improvements

in irrigation tanks.

Giving awareness of rain waterharvesting.

Pipeline water supply system.

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ERODING OF COASTAL AREA

In mannar, coastal sand is used for most of theconstructions.

Some human activities destroy psychedelic typeplants.

Due to eroding the area of the beach reduced andmake some effects in tourism.

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SOLUTIONS FOR ERODING OF

COASTAL AREA

Stone barriers inside the sea.

Legal actions against the sand removal from thecoastal area for business use.

Planting psychedelic type plants in the coastal area.

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FISHERIES

Fishing is a major contribution to the localeconomy of Mannar District.

Dont have enough technical knowledge.

Infiltration of Indian fishermen.

Dont have good fishing ports.

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SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMS IN

FISHERIES

Construction of fishing ports.

Giving ideas about new technologies and providingequipments in manageable prices.

Taking legal action against to the Indian fishermen.

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ELECTRICITY

Around 50% of the area has no electricity facility.

Current failure often

Voltage drop in nights

Take more time to renovate the power failure

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SOLUTIONS FOR ELECTRICITY

Extending the Electricity facility.

Introducing the renewable energy based power

plant

solar power

wind power

Improve the maintenance of the supply lines.

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EDUCATION

The education sector has been badly

affected by the conflict.

Though 90 of 111schools are functioning,

many of the original structures are damaged or

destroyed.

No lab, IT facilities in school

Child workers are increasing

38% of teaching appointments are vacant.

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SOLUTIONS FOR EDUCATION

Taking actions to fill the vacancy of the teachers in

the area.

Introduce some training programmed for

unqualified teachers

Increase the lab , IT facilities in schools

Introduce some punishment for child workers

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AGRICULTURE AND

IRRIGATION

Agriculture is the mainstay of the population of theNorth and east.

Ease of irrigation of paddy land plays a crucial role

in its cultivation.

Tank-irrigated agriculture declined sharply due tosecurity problems, displacement, loss of

agricultural equipment and machinery, and poormaintenance of tanks and water distributionsystems.

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SOLUTIONS FOR AGRICULTURE

AND IRRIGATION

Reconstruction of the irrigation tanks.

Akathimuripu

Viduyakulam

Improving the drainage system.

Improving land area for cultivating.

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CONCLUSION

Through our suggestions we hope to give an

idea for the improvement of infrastructure facilitiesin mannar.