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October-December 2016 FROM News Sri Lanka Project News FROM News SriOCTOBER Lanka – DECEMBER 2016 ● NUMBER 10 ● SRI LANKA Page 1 OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2016 ● NUMBER 10 ● SRI LANKA Are You Interested in JICA Brings Safe Drinking Water to Studying in Japan? Anuradhapura Here We Offer a Great Program for You! http://www.jds21.com/en/srilanka/ INSIDE JICA Brings Safe Drinking Water to Anuradhapura Pages 1 & 2 JICA Helps Milco Factory Solve Wastewater Problem Page 3 Landslide Mitigation – The Badulusirigama Experience Page 4 JICA Supports The Sustainable Economic Growth of Sri Lanka Through Rs.14.45 Billion Development Policy Loan Mr Kiyoshi Amada, Chief Representative JICA and Ms G D Chandra Ekanayake, Deputy Secretary to Page 5 the Treasury at the signing JICA Recognises The Best n November 17, the Japan International and steady economic growth, driven by service ICT Student At UCSC Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a industries such as tourism, has been achieved. O Page 6 loan agreement with the Government of the In order to achieve sustainable “quality growth” Creative Early Childhood Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to that benefits all residents, it is important to step Care Activities in Batticoloa provide a Japanese ODA loan of up to 23.137 up efforts to address challenges the country faces, Page 7 billion yen for assistance for the Anuradhapura such as improving the economic infrastructure, North Water Supply Project (Phase 2). including the power and water supply, and JICA and Japanese Professional League This project will construct a water supply system improving the quality of social services in rural Conduct Soccer Clinic in Jaffna in the northern part of Anuradhapura District areas. Page 8 to provide safe drinking water and increase the Sri Lanka has set a target of raising the piped water supply coverage, thereby improving health water supply coverage from the current conditions and the living environment in the national average of approximately 45 percent project area. The loan funds will be allocated to to 60 percent by 2020. To achieve this target, the civil works and the procurement of equipment not only do existing tap water facilities need necessary for the construction of a water to be expanded in cities, but new tap water treatment plant, the supply and installation of infrastructure needs to be constructed in rural water transmission and distribution pipes, and areas, where such infrastructure is insufficient. consulting services. There are also regional disparities in piped water Since civil war ended in 2009 after more than 25 supply coverage in the country. years, reconstruction efforts have gone forward Contd. page 2 FROM News Sri Lanka Project News OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2016 ● NUMBER 10 ● SRI LANKA Page 2 From page 1 JICA In the MEDIA Kandy to receive new waste water management system from JICA Dinamina 7/10/2016 Elderly Population on th rise Sunday Observer 9/10/2016 JICA to help plan Kandy development Daily Mirror 10/10/2016 Water Bowsers provided by JICA Govt. gets Rs. 14.45b in As an example, the northern part of Anuradhapura coverage, and decrease the fluoride concentration budget support from JICA Daily FT District, which is the target region of this project of drinking water in the target region by 11/10/2016 in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province, has a tap constructing new piped drinking water supply Ceremonial Opening of Maha Oya Water Supply water coverage of merely 26.9 percent. Moreover, facilities that use surface water as the water Scheme this region has a high incidence of dental and source. It is expected that the project will improve Divanina skeletal fluorosis, which is caused by consuming the public health and living environment of the 19/10/2016 JICA help for Kandy groundwater with a high concentration of fluoride. residents in the target region. sanitation upgrade It is also said that one of the causes of the high Going forward, JICA will continue to contribute Sunday Observer incidence of chronic kidney disease in the area to the sustainable economic growth of Sri Lanka 2/10/2016 is poor-quality groundwater. These health issues by supporting the development of essential JICA to help plan Kandy make the supply of safe drinking water to the infrastructure utilizing its various types of development Lakbima region one of the country’s highest priorities. assistance—technical cooperation, Japanese ODA 3/11/2016 The Anuradhapura North Water Supply Project loans and grant aid. JICA assists local health (Phase 2) will increase the piped water supply authorities for elderly healthcare Island (1) Terms and Amount of Loan 14/11/2016 Amount Annual interest rate JICA Supports for A’pura Grace (million (%) Repayment water supply project period Procurement yen) period (years) Project Consulting (years) Daily News Anuradhapura 19/11/2016 North Water services Supply Project Biz climate good; trade (Phase 2) facilitation needs a boos: General JICA 23,137 1.4 0.01 25 7 Daily FT untied 22/11/2016 Proposed LRT feasibility (2) Executing Agency study early next year Daily News Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply 23/11/2016 Address: 35, Lak Diya Medura, New Parliament Road, Pellawatta, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka JICA provides wide- (3) Planned Implementation Schedule ranging support Sunday Observer (i) Completion of project: March 2021 – when the facilities are put into service 04/12/2016 (ii) Issuing of letters of invitation for consulting services: March 2017 JICA award for Best ICT (iii) Tender announcement of initial procurement package for international competitive bidding on Student Daily News project construction: 16/12/2016 Procurement package titles: National Day of Japan Lot A – (Construction and installation of water intake equipment, a water treatment plant, ground sumps - Japan’s Partnership in Sri Lanka’s Social and and elevated water tanks, provision and installation of electrical equipment) Economic Development Lot B – (Supply and installation of water transmission and distribution pipes) The Island 23/12/2016 FROM News Sri Lanka Project News OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2016 ● NUMBER 10 ● SRI LANKA Page 3 JICA Helps Milco Factory Solve Calender Wastewater Problem Jan – Mar 2017 January • 28/3 Batch Volunteer arrived • Young leaders training in Japan • Kaluganga Water supply project opening ceremony February • Preparatory study for elevated LRT between Colombo and Malabe commenced • Terminal evaluation of project for enhancement of production system of certified vegetable seeds View of Wastewater Treatment Plant constructed by JICA at the Milco Factory in Digana March astewater Treatment Plant constructed The technology “Ozone Oxidation Method Using at Milco factory Digana under JICA Swirling Jet” is possible to treat wastewater • Community based disaster W risk management workshop assistance was ceremonially opened on 20th with highest efficiency and more energy-saving in Aranayake October 2016 by Hon. P. Harrison, Minister than other conventional methods, and has been of Rural Economic Affairs and His Excellency put into use at approximately 100 projects in Kenichi Suganuma, Ambassador of Japan Japan and overseas. in Sri Lanka. Hon. Mr Anuradha Jayaratna The Project created benefits for MILCO (Pvt.) Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development Ltd. (Beneficiary), Central Environment & Environment, Mr. Kiyoshi Amada, Chief Authority (Regulator), Local Community Representative of JICA Sri Lanka Office, Mrs B living in the vicinity of the Plant (Stakeholder), K R Ekanayaka, Secretary to Ministry of Rural and downstream of Mahaweli river users Economic Affairs, Mr Keerthi Mihiripenna, (Stakeholder) Chairman Milco, Mr M A S Munasinghe, GM MILCO is the premier dairy producer in Sri Milco, Prof Lal Mervin Dharmasiri, Chairman Lanka with over 55% of the market share of CEA, Mr. Moriyoshi Shitara, Chairman, in locally processed dairy products. MILCO Huens Co. Ltd. and Mr. Susumu Ogawa, Senior Factory at Digana had been facing serious Managing Director of Kumagai Gumi also problems in meeting environmental standards graced this occasion. for discharged wastewater stipulated by CEA JICA extended support for construction of until Milco commissions the waste water Wastewater Treatment at Milco Digana factory treatment constructed under JICA assistance. though Japanese private company, HUENS Co., JICA is very much happy to join hands with Ltd. The company adopted “Ozone Oxidation Sri Lanka’s economic development agenda in Method Using Swirling Jet”, a technology the needy area in the right time, Mr. Kiyoshi developed by HUENS Co., Ltd. Though the Amada, Chief Representative of JICA said. ozone treatment is common for treatment of waste water, this particular type of treatment is a patented technology of HUENS. FROM News Sri Lanka Project News OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2016 ● NUMBER 10 ● SRI LANKA Page 4 Landslide Mitigation – The Badulusirigama Experience countermeasures of sediment disasters 2. Design, supervision and monitoring for Landslides, slope failure, rock falls 3. Accumulation of the knowledge and know-how of sediments disaster mitigation measures (including non-structural measures) Following the extensive work done in the project many former villagers have begun returning to Badullusirigama and rebuilding their houses. One of those returnees is Mrs Amila Latha Perera, who described her horror experience, in 2011. “It was a horrible experience, the whole Japanese experts sharing their views with local engineers mountain came crashing down on our homes. Many houses were destroyed; we ICA’s “Technical Cooperation for were lucky to be alive we JLandslide Mitigation Project” had to vacate our homes which commenced in October 2014, in and had to start our life collaboration with the National Building from the bottom. We Research Organization (NBRO) is a key lost our properties and project to help Sri Lanka in enhancing income as well,” said both structural and non-structural Latha Perera. measures for landslide mitigation. As part of the project, JICA has organized “We were a series of visits by Japanese experts desperate, to inspect the landslide prone areas in the village leaving a path of destruction because central Sri Lanka to share their findings in its wake.
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