India approves more assistance for Tamil IDPs

LANKA-INDIA

T V Sriram
Colombo, Nov 8 (PTI) India has approved further
assistance of shelter material worth over USD 2.6 million
besides augmenting its demining teams for speedy resettlement
of over 2.8 lakh internally displaced Tamil civilians in Wanni
in northern Sri Lanka.

In continuation of the ongoing assistance package to
Sri Lanka for rehabilitation in the Northern Province, the
Indian Government will be supplying a second consignment of
2600 MT of galvanised corrugated sheets, to be used as shelter
material for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), a release by
the Indian High Commission here said.
The total expenditure involved in procuring these
items is USD 2.65 million, it said, adding that India had
earlier delivered the first consignment of galvanised sheets
to Sri Lanka in August this year.
Also, to accelerate the ongoing resettlement programme
for the IDPs, India has also approved augmentation of strength
of Indian demining teams in Wanni region, it said.
Two more teams have been approved to join the ongoing
demining work and further approval for one more team is
expected shortly, it release said.
This is in addition to the four demining teams from
India currently operating in various areas in northern Sri
Lanka, it said. PTI TVS
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