(UTV|COLOMBO) – India and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday (19) on a sanitation sector project under which 3,400 toilets would be constructed in Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka.
Partnering for Public Health and Hygiene! Indian grant of LKR 300 million for construction of 3400 toilets in Batticaloa district of #lka. MoU signed today #IndiaSriLanka pic.twitter.com/8hNdRRQpdG
— India in Sri Lanka (@IndiainSL) July 19, 2018
The MoU was signed by Taranjit Singh Sandhu, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka and Renuka Ekanayake, Secretary, Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy, with the participation of M. S. S. Ameer Ali, Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy and senior officials of Government of Sri Lanka.
The objective of the project is to enhance public health and hygiene in Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka, and it will be executed through a grant of SLR 300 million from the Government of India.
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 USD 2.9 billion, out of which USD 545 million is pure grant assistance.
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