FROM News Sri Lanka Project News FROM News Sri APRILLanka – JUNE 2017 ● NUMBER 12 ● SRI LANKA Page 1 APRIL – JUNE 2017 ● NUMBER 12 ● SRI LANKA Japan Provides Relief Assistance To Are You Interested in Studying in Japan? Victims And Expertise To Resolve Here We Offer a Great Program for You! Meethotamulla Garbage Crisis http://www.jds21.com/en/srilanka/ INSIDE Japan Provides Relief Assistance To Victims And Expertise To Resolve Meethotamulla Garbage Crisis Pages 1 & 2 Disaster Risk Reduction: JICA to implement Sendai framework Page 3 Japan Disaster Relief Expert Team Assists Sri Lanka In Response To Heavy Rainfall and Flooding Page 4 & 5 Young Leaders Training Programme for Nurses Page 6 JICA Grants JPY 2.5 billion worth Doppler Weather Radar to strengthen the Sri Lanka’s real-time rainfall monitoring H.E. Kenichi Suganuma; Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Fusato Tanaka; Chief Representative of JICA Sri Lanka officially handed over the emergency relief items from Japan to the Minister of Page 7 Disaster Management Hon. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa at the Ministry of Disaster Management JICA Volunteer Supports Activities At The Dehiwala Zoo hen the Meethotamulla Garbage dump collapsed cooperation between Japan and Sri Lanka in the field Page 8 Wtriggering a challenging humanitarian crisis for of solid waste management with a view to providing the government of Sri Lanka, Japan was one of the first a long-term solution to this recurring problem. A Helping Hand From JICA For Upkeep Of Bridges In Sri countries to respond to the disaster with emergency Lanka relief supplies for the victims and also the despatch of a Japan was one of the first Page 9 team of experts to help resolve the garbage crisis. Channeling Knowledge From countries to respond to the Japan To Sri Lanka For Japan sent a team of 11 technical experts in the areas Cascade Master Plan Project of geotechnical engineering, solid waste and landfill disaster with emergency Page 10 & 11 management, urban development and public health, relief supplies for the victims CEA And JICA Launch etc. who visited the site, and held a series of meetings Pilot Project On Garbage with relevant stakeholders to discuss measures and also the despatch of a Management Page 11 for secondary disaster risk reduction and waste team of experts to help resolve management along with providing technical advice. JICA Volunteer Supports Early Childhood Education The team also explored the possibility of future the garbage crisis And Development in Sri Lanka Page 12 Contd. page 2 FROM News Sri Lanka Project News APRIL – JUNE 2017 ● NUMBER 12 ● SRI LANKA Page 2 From page 1 At the end of their assignment, the team had final disposal in Colombo Municipality and a meeting with the President of Sri Lanka surrounding areas. JICA In the Maithripala Sirisena and presented their report The report strongly recommended prohibiting any MEDIA with short-term and long-term recommendations, firing activities including smoking to avoid fire at JICA extends helping hand which Sri Lanka could consider to address the the disposal site. Once a fire breaks out at the site, to upkeep Lankan bridges issue effectively. it would take a very long time to be extinguished, Daily Mirror The report noted as Short Term measures for the which will significantly inhibit smooth recovery 4 April 2017 safe management and prevention of secondary and stabilization operation of the collapsed site. Japan provides emergency disaster, it is important to install early warning It was also reported that public awareness should relief to Meethotamulla victims systems based on rainfall, maintain dump shape be raised on such issues in order to prevent further in the short term, un-change the shape of waste disasters. Divaina 18 April 2017 ups layers and shape waste layers only after The report concluded with the assurance that Handing over of the stabilization of the dump is confirmed through all Japan is willing to consider future cooperation Japanese expert team’s monitoring indicators. in the field of waste management through close report on Meethotamulla As Mid-Term measures, the team suggested the consultation with the Sri Lankan authorities and Lankadeepa stabilization of the site through a comprehensive will be ready to continue discussion with Sri Lanka 25 April 2017 approach including gas control and water drainage, following the findings and recommendations 3R’ system to the rescue - Japanese Assessment leachate control and treatment, assessment of soil presented in the report. Report modulus of the dump, and shaping the dump into Daily Mirror stable slopes. 3 May 2017 The report recommended that the social and The report recommended that CEA and JICA launch a environmental aspect should be carefully taken into pilot project on Garbage the social and environmental Management account for the planning and implementation of aspect should be carefully taken Daily Mirror future waste management in the western province. 19 May 2017 Specifically, environmental impact that can be into account for the planning Access Engineering’s expected on the site and surrounding areas such as and implementation of future construction of major groundwater, road access and transportation plan bridges of national road network gathers pace should be carefully considered. waste management in the Daily FT The report also recommended that 3R activities western province 22 May 2017 (reduce, reuse, recycle) and intermediate Japan hands over disaster processing, once properly implemented, will be an relief goods for flood and effective measure to reduce waste volume for landslides victims Daily Island 1 June 2017 Japanese experts to arrive on Saturday Daily Mirror 1 June 2017 How to cope with disaster: Lessons from Japan Sunday Times 11 June 2016 The team of Experts had a special meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena and several Ministers to report their findings. Joining the team was the Ambassador for Japan Kenichi Suganuma FROM News Sri Lanka Project News APRIL – JUNE 2017 ● NUMBER 12 ● SRI LANKA Page 3 Disaster Risk Reduction: JICA To Calender July – September Support Implementation Of Sendai 2017 Framework July • Signing of Concessionary Loan Agreements for Rural Infrastructure Development Project in Emerging Regions and Kalu Ganga Water Supply Expansion Project • Reporting session of Counterpart Training Programme on Improvement of Development and Management of Tank Based Irrigation Systems August • Pre-detailed Planning Mission on Northern Dairy Development Project Presentation at the seminar jointly conducted by JICA and Ministry of Disaster Management • Public Consultation ICA has been conducting a study to confirm be referred for the formulation of NDMP. Meeting with residents in the current situation and the priority issues JICA is keen to support GOSL’s effort to realize Kandy on JICA Technical J Cooperation Project on ‘The on the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) sector in a safe and resilient Sri Lanka! Project for Formulation of Sri Lanka to implement the Sendai Framework Greater Kandy Urban Plan’ on DRR 2015-2030 which is set as global goals on DRR at 3rd UN Conference on DRR. The Ministry of Disaster Management and The Ministry of Disaster September agencies under its purview, as well as other Management and agencies relevant authorities have been discussing with under its purview, as well • Opening ceremony of new JICA on the issues and drafted a Roadmap as a complex for Automobile as other relevant authorities Engineering Training summary of the discussion. Institute, funded by On 15th May, JICA jointly held a seminar with have been discussing with JICA under New Bridge the Ministry of Disaster Management to share Construction Project over JICA on the issues and drafted Kelani River and exchange all important stakeholders’ opinions and views and share the roadmap a Roadmap as a summary of for DRR efforts of the country to mainstream the discussion. DRR in all development efforts. At present, Ministry is developing a new National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) 2018-2022. Based on this NDMP 2018- 2022, the Sri Lanka Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (SLCDMP) is to updated. The proposed Roadmap is expected to FROM News Sri Lanka Project News APRIL – JUNE 2017 ● NUMBER 12 ● SRI LANKA Page 4 Japan Disaster Relief Expert Team Assists Sri Lanka In Response To Heavy Rainfall And Flooding The expert team had a meeting with Minister of Disaster Management Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and other officials team of Japan Disaster Relief commenced their mission with an aerial The floods and landslides A (JDR) Experts were in Sri Lanka in survey of the affected areas. response to the damages from the floods The team then did a field survey by caused by the heavy and landslides caused by the heavy visiting the disaster sites this week rainfall wreaked havoc in rainfall since May 24 around Southern and working closely with the officials the Southern and Western and Western areas of the country. of Ministry of Disaster Management, The floods and landslides caused by Irrigation Department, and the National provinces of the country the heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in Building Research Organization. destroying homes and the Southern and Western provinces On 9th and 10th June, the team reported of the country destroying homes and the results to Secretary to the President P livelihoods and even livelihoods and even claiming over 200 B Abeykoon, Hon. Minister of Irrigation claiming over 200 lives. lives. According to the Government of and Water Resources Vijith Vijayamuni Sri Lanka, as at end of May, 202 people Zoysa and Hon. Minister of Disaster died, 96 people were missing, and over Management Anura Priyadharshana 800,000 people have been affected. Yapa. The team also participated The Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Expert in a media briefing arranged by the Team arrived in Colombo and had Ministry of Disaster Management with a kick-off meeting with Hon. Anura the Japanese Ambassador Kenichi Priyadharshana Yapa, Minister of Suganuma.