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