Annual Report 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning

5 | FOREIGN FINANCINGOn-going ProjectsSome of the major projects which arebeing implemented in the North aresummarised below:Emergency Northern RecoveryProjectEmergency Northern Recovery Projectsupports the effort of the Governmentof Sri Lanka for the re-establishment ofthe livelihoods of Internally DisplacedPersons (IDPs) in the Northern Provinceby restoring their social and economiclife. While the World Bank provided aloan of USD 65 million for the project,the Government of Australia provided aUSD 10.5 million grant for the Cash forWork component.The Emergency Northern RecoveryProject will re-establish inter-villageconnectivity and provide access toschools, clinics, markets and safedrinking water, as well as the essentialpublic and technical services from thegovernment’s civil administrations. Theproject is expected to restore irrigationfor 12,000ha of land, rehabilitate 600kmof rural roads and rehabilitate 260Figure -Rehabilitation of rice mills inNedunkernyTable 5.18 > Rehabilitation of Public Buildings and Facilities Under theEmergency Northern Recovery ProjectCategorygovernment institutions damaged bythe conflict. In addition, the projectsupports rehabilitation of the selecteddamaged irrigation schemes, canals,and ponds to provide the returneefarmers with reliable supply of irrigationwater for their crop production. About30 minor and 25 medium irrigationschemes and 10 small ponds and canalswill be rehabilitated. It also targetsthe restoration of nine selected keywater supply schemes at Nedunkerny,Adampan, Vidathalthivu, Tevanpiddy,Ottusudan, Mallavi, Pandiyankulam,Maruthankerny and Valvatithurai. Theproject which was started in January,2010 is scheduled to be completed byDecember 2012.Number ofBuildingsTotalestimatedCost (Rsmillion)Multipurpose Cooperative Society Buildings 43 204.73Food & Paddy Store Buildings 14 66.91Fertilizer Store Buildings 24 74.58Agrarian Buildings 15 89.16School Buildings 72 113.36Other office (District Secretariat, Pradeshiya90 1122.7Sabha Office, Post Office, Training Centre,Vetinerary office)Total 258 1671.44Source: Department of External ResourcesNorth East HousingReconstruction ProjectNorth East Housing ReconstructionProject (NEHRP) is part of animportant programme in Sri Lankaintended to rebuild conflictdamagedhouses in Northern andEastern Provinces. In line with theGovernment’s desire to reconstructhouses, the World Bank provided USD118 million for the project while theGovernment contributed USD 2 million.An allocation of USD 42.4 million hasbeen made to the Northern Provincefor the reconstruction of 26,976houses, and out of which, 13,350houses have already been completed.Housing reconstruction programmeis essentially a Cash Grant scheme;owners will be provided with eitherRs.325,000 for a fully damaged houseor Rs.70,000 for a partly damagedhouse as progress payments inreconstruction work. This project isscheduled to be completed by the endof 2011.Provincial Road Project - NorthernProvince Component100km of Provincial Roads in JaffnaDistrict will be rehabilitated underthe World Bank funded ProvincialRoad project. Roads which have beenidentified for rehabilitation are shownin Table 5.19.North East Local ServicesImprovement Project (NELSIP)North East Local ServicesImprovement Project (NELSIP) iscarried out by the Governmentwith financial assistance from theWorld Bank. Under the projectUSD 86 million will be invested ina three year period from 2010 to2012. It will improve the deliveryof local infrastructure servicesby the Local Authorities in theNorthern and Eastern Provinces,in an accountable and responsivemanner. The project covers 65276