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India to set up handicrafts villages in Sri Lanka
July 17, Colombo: The Government of India is undertaking a project to set up Handicrafts Villages at Hambantota and Jaffna at a cost of Rs. 40 million, on the basis of a Project Proposal received from Sri Lanka's Ministry of Traditional Industries, Indian High Commission said in a release Wednesday.
Accordingly, the Government of India will be setting up infrastructure for the Handicrafts Village in each of the identified sites at Hambantota and Jaffna under full grant assistance.
In the first phase of the Project, the Handicrafts Village at Hambantota will be set up over the next four months.
The Project is expected to assist a large number of craftsmen in Hambantota and Jaffna districts, who produce traditional handicraft items using raw materials from Palmyrah, sea shells, cane, pottery and wood carvings but do not have adequate opportunities and facilities, to market their products.
The Project would bring together traditional craftsmen and their products on one side and purchasers and tourists on the other, for mutual benefit.
Following the conclusion of the tendering process, a 'Contract Agreement' was signed with M/s. Hewage Constructions on 17 July 2013 in the presence of the High Commissioner of India Y.K. Sinha.
V. Sivagnanasothy, Secretary, Ministry of Traditional Industries, Buddhi Keerthisena, Chairman, National Crafts Council and P. Kumaran, Deputy High Commissioner, senior officials of the Ministry of Traditional Industries and the High Commission of India were also present.
The revival of employment opportunities and restoring the livelihoods of the people has been an important priority of India's development assistance projects in Sri Lanka.
India's assistance to the Sri Lankan people has evolved taking into account the immediate needs and requirements as articulated by the Government of Sri Lanka. India's assistance, which focused on emergency relief assistance towards the end of the armed conflict and in its immediate aftermath, gradually shifted focus to the resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and revival of their livelihoods through a variety of Small Development Projects.The subsequent requirements of reconstruction are being addressed through the flagship Indian housing project, the Northern Railway reconstruction project and other infrastructural development initiatives. The Housing Project and the Railway Project being executed in the Northern Province are expected to generate about 50 million man-days of employment to unskilled labor of the region.
Sri Lanka : India to set up handicrafts villages in Sri Lanka
July 17, Colombo: The Government of India is undertaking a project to set up Handicrafts Villages at Hambantota and Jaffna at a cost of Rs. 40 million, on the basis of a Project Proposal received from Sri Lanka's Ministry of Traditional Industries, Indian High Commission said in a release Wednesday.
Accordingly, the Government of India will be setting up infrastructure for the Handicrafts Village in each of the identified sites at Hambantota and Jaffna under full grant assistance.
In the first phase of the Project, the Handicrafts Village at Hambantota will be set up over the next four months.
The Project is expected to assist a large number of craftsmen in Hambantota and Jaffna districts, who produce traditional handicraft items using raw materials from Palmyrah, sea shells, cane, pottery and wood carvings but do not have adequate opportunities and facilities, to market their products.
The Project would bring together traditional craftsmen and their products on one side and purchasers and tourists on the other, for mutual benefit.
Following the conclusion of the tendering process, a 'Contract Agreement' was signed with M/s. Hewage Constructions on 17 July 2013 in the presence of the High Commissioner of India Y.K. Sinha.
V. Sivagnanasothy, Secretary, Ministry of Traditional Industries, Buddhi Keerthisena, Chairman, National Crafts Council and P. Kumaran, Deputy High Commissioner, senior officials of the Ministry of Traditional Industries and the High Commission of India were also present.
The revival of employment opportunities and restoring the livelihoods of the people has been an important priority of India's development assistance projects in Sri Lanka.
India's assistance to the Sri Lankan people has evolved taking into account the immediate needs and requirements as articulated by the Government of Sri Lanka. India's assistance, which focused on emergency relief assistance towards the end of the armed conflict and in its immediate aftermath, gradually shifted focus to the resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and revival of their livelihoods through a variety of Small Development Projects.The subsequent requirements of reconstruction are being addressed through the flagship Indian housing project, the Northern Railway reconstruction project and other infrastructural development initiatives. The Housing Project and the Railway Project being executed in the Northern Province are expected to generate about 50 million man-days of employment to unskilled labor of the region.
Sri Lanka : India to set up handicrafts villages in Sri Lanka
