Transcript Slide 1

- 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
CONFLICTS AND IMPACT
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
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
CONCILIATION
RE SETTLEMENT
RE INTEGRATION RE HABILITATION
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 SHELTER
SNO PROJECT
COST
TIME
LINE
(a)
Livelihood packs
(b)
Shelter material
SLR 1.3 Billion
1 Year
(c)
Construction Material
SLR 199 Million
-
(d)
Indian Housing Project (50,000
houses)
(i) Pilot Project
1,000 houses
SLR 35 Billion
(ii) Construction of 6,000 houses
(iii)Construction of 43,000 houses
Agriculture Assistance
SLR 224 Million
SLR 600 Million
(e)
REMARKS
Completed
1 Year
3 Year
3 Year
-
3,50,000
beneficiary
Completed
49,000 beneficiary
Completed
2000/Year
by 2014/15
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
PROJECT
COST
STATUS
 Establishing Siddha Medicine
Faculty
SLR 105 Million
Completed
 Supply of Medical Equipment
SLR 117 Million
Completed
 Construction of Hospital (Dickoya) SLR 1 Billion
2012
 Emergency Hospitals
(Pulmoddai/Vavuniya)
Completed
CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL
SLR 58.7 Million
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
SIDDHA MEDICINE
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA
 Livelihood and Shelter.
 Education and Capacity Building.
 Health Care.
 Vocational Training.
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
(Empowerment of women)
Completed
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY INDIA AND SRILANKA
 Livelihood and Shelter.
 Education and Capacity Building.
 Health Care.
 Vocational Training.
 Connectivity & Transport Infrastructure.
CONNECTIVITY & TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Southern Railway Project - US $ 800 Million-2015
 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COASTAL
PROJECT BETWEEN GALLE TO KALUTARA.
Northern Railway Project - US $ 800 Million-2015
 THE RAILWAY REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE NORTH
(COMPRISING FOUR SECTORS : OMANTHAI-PALLAI,
MEDAWCHCHIYA-MADHU, MADHU-TALAIMANNAR AND
PALLAI-KANKESANTHURAI).
Kankesanthurai Harbour - US $ 19.5 Million
 HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, WRECK-REMOVAL & DISPOSAL,
DREDGING AND REHABILITATION.
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