India gives Lanka US$ 1.8 million for building toilets in Batticaloa district
Posted on July 19th, 2018

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia

Colombo, July 19 (newsin.asia): India and Sri Lanka signed on Wednesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a sanitation sector project under which 3400 toilets would be constructed in Batticaloa district in Eastern Sri Lanka with a grant of LKR 300 million (US$ 1.8 million) from the government of India.

The MoU was signed by Taranjit Singh Sandhu, the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka and Mrs. Renuka Ekanayake, Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy, in the presence of M.S.S. Ameer Ali, Deputy Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy, senior officials of Government of Sri Lanka, India’s Deputy High Commissioner Arindam Bagchi and Counselor Development Projects Manjunath Cheneerappa.

India gives Lanka US$ 1.8 million for building toilets in Batticaloa district

This project is part of Government of India’s continued efforts to assist and cooperate with Government of Sri Lanka in people-oriented development projects.

India’s overall commitment of development assistance to Sri Lanka stands at a total of around US$ 2.9 billion, o

One Response to “India gives Lanka US$ 1.8 million for building toilets in Batticaloa district”

  1. aloy Says:
    July 21st, 2018 at 1:18 am

    Are these free gifts or loans to be repaid over a long period of time?. If these are free gifts why not use these funds to build toilets in India where people are seen squatting on drains when viewed from air?. The people in this picture are all Indians dabbling in matters to be sorted out by another country. Has GOSL handed over this part of the country to India?.

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