The Japanese government will provide assistance for the provision of drinking water supply equipment and a septate treatment plant to welfare centres for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North.
Japanese Ambassador Kunio Takahashi handed over the relevant Note Verbal to Water Supply and Drainage Minister A.L.M. Athaullah.
The Project which has materialized consequent to a request made by the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWS&DB) to the Japanese Embassy on the instruction of Minister A.L.M. Athaullah, will meet immediate requirements of safe drinking water and improvement of sanitation in welfare centres. Read more...
Showing posts with label Internally Displaced Persons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internally Displaced Persons. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Resettlement of IDPs: West of A9 first 14,000 acres ready to receive civilians by end Oct. Camp population down to 237,000 by end of this week
The government is planning to resettle as many internally displaced persons as possible in the area west of the A9 before tackling resettlement in the Vanni east. The army is of the opinion that all its efforts should be directed at clearing the western part of the Vanni in keeping with the original plan, though some have called for simultaneous resettlement of the displaced on both sides of the A9.
Northern Province Governor Major General (retd) G. A. Chandrasiri yesterday said that the army and five demining agencies had been engaged in mine clearing operations in the Yodawewa area.
In a brief interview with The Island, the former Jaffna Security Forces Commander said the recent deployment of ten mine clearing machines bought from Slovakia and Croatia would help them clear the area (approximately 7,000 acres) north of Yodawewa by the third week of October. Read more ...
Northern Province Governor Major General (retd) G. A. Chandrasiri yesterday said that the army and five demining agencies had been engaged in mine clearing operations in the Yodawewa area.
In a brief interview with The Island, the former Jaffna Security Forces Commander said the recent deployment of ten mine clearing machines bought from Slovakia and Croatia would help them clear the area (approximately 7,000 acres) north of Yodawewa by the third week of October. Read more ...
Thursday, September 10, 2009
SRI LANKA: Government to release IDPs to relatives
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps in Sri Lanka’s north will be released to their relatives, and the government expects the majority to be resettled by early next year, says a minister.
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services, Rishad Bathiudeen, told IRIN on 10 September that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had made the decision to allow the IDPs to live with their relatives, with effect from this week.
Bathiudeen said the government could not say how many people would be released, but that it would consider all applications from relatives outside the camps.
“If the application comes, we will attend to it,” said Bathiudeen. Read more ..
Official Government Announcement
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services, Rishad Bathiudeen, told IRIN on 10 September that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had made the decision to allow the IDPs to live with their relatives, with effect from this week.
Bathiudeen said the government could not say how many people would be released, but that it would consider all applications from relatives outside the camps.
“If the application comes, we will attend to it,” said Bathiudeen. Read more ..
Official Government Announcement
Sunday, September 6, 2009
30,000 IDPs to be resettled in 35 villages in Vavuniya
All arrangements are in place to resettle 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 35 villages in the Vavuniya District, Northern Province Governor G.A Chandrasiri said.
The Governor, who was on an inspection tour in those villages pointed out that, 7,795 families will be resettled in 35 villages on the directions of the Chairman of the Uthuru Vasanthaya Task Force, Senior Presidential Advisor MP Basil Rajapaksa.
The Governor inspected the Grama Niladari divisions in Maruthankulam, Norochchchimodei, Pranddikal, Salampaikulam, Pampemadu and Salampaikulam village and addressed the officials on the needs of the people. Read more ...
The Governor, who was on an inspection tour in those villages pointed out that, 7,795 families will be resettled in 35 villages on the directions of the Chairman of the Uthuru Vasanthaya Task Force, Senior Presidential Advisor MP Basil Rajapaksa.
The Governor inspected the Grama Niladari divisions in Maruthankulam, Norochchchimodei, Pranddikal, Salampaikulam, Pampemadu and Salampaikulam village and addressed the officials on the needs of the people. Read more ...
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Sri Lanka to send older IDPs to elderly homes
Sri Lankan government is making arrangements to setup elderly homes to resettle the older Internally Displaced Persons now housed in the welfare camps.
According to the Ministry of Resettlement and Relief Services over 550 senior citizens living in welfare camps in Vavuniya will be sent to Elders' Homes in Mannar and Vavuniya at their wish. Read more ...
According to the Ministry of Resettlement and Relief Services over 550 senior citizens living in welfare camps in Vavuniya will be sent to Elders' Homes in Mannar and Vavuniya at their wish. Read more ...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Sri Lanka Will Resettle 50,000 Tamil War Refugees in Two Weeks
Sri Lanka said it will resettle 50,000 mostly Tamil refugees within two weeks as the international community presses for their release from camps where they have been held since the civil war ended in May.
The refugees will return to their homes, including in Kilinochchi, the former headquarters of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and Mullaitivu, where Tamil Tiger forces made their last stand, the government said.
The U.S. is leading calls for the swift return of more than 280,000 refugees to their homes. The U.K.’s opposition Conservative Party said yesterday they have spent 100 days in camps since the war ended and called on Sri Lanka to allow “full and unrestricted access” by United Nations workers and aid groups to the centers. Read more ...
The refugees will return to their homes, including in Kilinochchi, the former headquarters of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and Mullaitivu, where Tamil Tiger forces made their last stand, the government said.
The U.S. is leading calls for the swift return of more than 280,000 refugees to their homes. The U.K.’s opposition Conservative Party said yesterday they have spent 100 days in camps since the war ended and called on Sri Lanka to allow “full and unrestricted access” by United Nations workers and aid groups to the centers. Read more ...
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Govt. says it has a million mouths to feed in IDP camps
Rejecting allegations that internally displaced Northern Tamils, were suffering in refugee camps, the government said yesterday that it has to feed a million mouths each day.
Export Development and International Trade Minister G. L. Peiris, asked about Opposition allegations that 280,000 IDP’s had to put up with inhuman conditions, said that it was easy to criticize, but the government was doing a tough job under trying circumstances.
"We are willing to rectify any wrongs, but it must be remembered that a huge effort is being put in, to make the IDP’s comfortable. Nearly a million mouths have to be fed each day."
Media Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, when referred to IDP requests that they be permitted to live with their relations in Sri Lanka or go abroad, said that such stories were being spread by opportunistic Opposition politicians.
"As a government, we are doing our best. Some of the IDP’s have already been resettled." Read more ...
Export Development and International Trade Minister G. L. Peiris, asked about Opposition allegations that 280,000 IDP’s had to put up with inhuman conditions, said that it was easy to criticize, but the government was doing a tough job under trying circumstances.
"We are willing to rectify any wrongs, but it must be remembered that a huge effort is being put in, to make the IDP’s comfortable. Nearly a million mouths have to be fed each day."
Media Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, when referred to IDP requests that they be permitted to live with their relations in Sri Lanka or go abroad, said that such stories were being spread by opportunistic Opposition politicians.
"As a government, we are doing our best. Some of the IDP’s have already been resettled." Read more ...
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Sri Lanka sets 6-month timeline
For the first time, Sri Lanka has set a six-month timeline for rehabilitating Tamils displaced by the recently ended conflict between its armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Asked when the time limit for resettling the internally displaced persons began, Minister for Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama said, “a month has gone” and wanted the global community to appreciate that the war had ended less than two months back.
“It has been eight weeks [since the war ended],” he said after emerging from a meeting with External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna, on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Mr. Bogollagama said the devolution of power to Tamils of Sri Lankan origin was part of the Constitution, and its implementation was part of the healing process, now that the more than two-decade-old conflict had ended. Read more ...
Asked when the time limit for resettling the internally displaced persons began, Minister for Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama said, “a month has gone” and wanted the global community to appreciate that the war had ended less than two months back.
“It has been eight weeks [since the war ended],” he said after emerging from a meeting with External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna, on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Mr. Bogollagama said the devolution of power to Tamils of Sri Lankan origin was part of the Constitution, and its implementation was part of the healing process, now that the more than two-decade-old conflict had ended. Read more ...
Resettlement delayed until LTTE cadres rounded up – Mahinda S.
Resettling of the displaced people now living in welfare camps would be delayed till all LTTE cadres among them are apprehended and separated from them, Human Rights and Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told Parliament yesterday (22).
"The security forces have detected LTTE cadres who entered the welfare camps and live among the displaced people. They believe some more are there and with the information obtained from those under interrogation further apprehensions have to be made. There is no way of commencing resettlement until this process is over," he said during his reply in the adjournment debate on the plight of Internally Displaced Persons, moved by JVP Parliamentary Group Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Read more ...
"The security forces have detected LTTE cadres who entered the welfare camps and live among the displaced people. They believe some more are there and with the information obtained from those under interrogation further apprehensions have to be made. There is no way of commencing resettlement until this process is over," he said during his reply in the adjournment debate on the plight of Internally Displaced Persons, moved by JVP Parliamentary Group Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Read more ...
Friday, July 17, 2009
Govt keen to resettle IDPs in shortest time
The Government is committed to resettle and rehabilitate Internally Displaced Persons in the North, who were the victims of the LTTE's terror and were held hostage by the LTTE, in the shortest possible time, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 15th NAM Summit on Wednesday.
The UN Secretary General thanked the Sri Lankan Government for the excellent arrangements for his visit to Sri Lanka in the final stages of the battle with the LTTE.
The issue of IDPs, conditions in the IDP relief centres and the need for reconciliation among all communities were among the matters mentioned by the UN Secretary General during his discussions with President Rajapaksa.
He was told by the President that it was yet only eight weeks since the final liberation of the Tamil civilians from the LTTE, and the Government had demonstrated that it was doing its best to ease the conditions in the IDP relief centres during this period, and that conditions would further improve day-by-day. Read more ...
The UN Secretary General thanked the Sri Lankan Government for the excellent arrangements for his visit to Sri Lanka in the final stages of the battle with the LTTE.
The issue of IDPs, conditions in the IDP relief centres and the need for reconciliation among all communities were among the matters mentioned by the UN Secretary General during his discussions with President Rajapaksa.
He was told by the President that it was yet only eight weeks since the final liberation of the Tamil civilians from the LTTE, and the Government had demonstrated that it was doing its best to ease the conditions in the IDP relief centres during this period, and that conditions would further improve day-by-day. Read more ...
Friday, July 10, 2009
Lifestyle of IDPs in North enhanced: Rotary International
The living standards of over 3000 Internally Displaced Persons, who are currently residing at the Menik farm IDP Camp in Settikulam, had been considerably enhanced with the facilities and special care granted to them by Rotary International, amidst various organisations committed to do so along with the government.
Rotary International District 3220, Sri Lanka is a leading organization committed to uplift the lives of nearly 300,000 IDPs in these camps supervised by the government presently.
Addressing a special press briefing Rotary International District 3220 Secretary, Gehan Siribaddana, said that the government had permitted them to look into the welfare of 3800 IDPs. As a result, a 20-acre block of land was cleared with the assistance of the army to build temporary shelters. Five hundred makeshift tents were donated by District 3220 for the IDPs. Read more ...
Rotary International District 3220, Sri Lanka is a leading organization committed to uplift the lives of nearly 300,000 IDPs in these camps supervised by the government presently.
Addressing a special press briefing Rotary International District 3220 Secretary, Gehan Siribaddana, said that the government had permitted them to look into the welfare of 3800 IDPs. As a result, a 20-acre block of land was cleared with the assistance of the army to build temporary shelters. Five hundred makeshift tents were donated by District 3220 for the IDPs. Read more ...
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Sri Lanka Red Cross Society ready to accept Captain Ali relief items
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society today said that they are ready to accept the essential items carried by the controversial "Captain Ali" vessel to distribute among the Internally Displaced Persons in the North.
Neville Nanayakkara, the Director General of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society told the media that it has decided to accept the load according to an appeal made by the India government.
He said that the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has already informed it to the Red Cross Society in India. Read more ...
Neville Nanayakkara, the Director General of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society told the media that it has decided to accept the load according to an appeal made by the India government.
He said that the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has already informed it to the Red Cross Society in India. Read more ...
Visiting the Vavuniya IDP camps: an uplifting experience
The last phase of Sri Lanka’s low-intensity military conflict saw the elimination of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a military force. It simultaneously witnessed a poignant human drama in which some 300,000 Tamil civilians were rescued by force of arms from a terrorist organisation that, claiming to fight for their freedom, had no compunction in using them as a human shield.
Most of these internally displaced Sri Lankans are now housed and cared for by the government in transitional relief camps located in five demarcated zones of the 1500-acre Menik Farm on the outskirts of the town of Vavuniya in the mainland North. International concern has been expressed over the present condition and the future of these Tamil civilians, who include a large number of children, women, and senior citizens. Read more ...
Most of these internally displaced Sri Lankans are now housed and cared for by the government in transitional relief camps located in five demarcated zones of the 1500-acre Menik Farm on the outskirts of the town of Vavuniya in the mainland North. International concern has been expressed over the present condition and the future of these Tamil civilians, who include a large number of children, women, and senior citizens. Read more ...
Thursday, July 2, 2009
More ShelterBoxes Sent to Sri Lanka
An additional 200 ShelterBoxes are being sent to Sri Lanka to give emergency shelter to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who were forced to leave their homes by the recent fighting in the country.
The aid – due to have arrived in the country on 21 June - will be sent to Menik Farm (Zone 3) in the Vanni region where ShelterBox has already distributed 448 ShelterBoxes. “There is still a great need for emergency shelter in the country,” says SRT member Laura Jepson who returned from the country on 12 June. Read more ...
The aid – due to have arrived in the country on 21 June - will be sent to Menik Farm (Zone 3) in the Vanni region where ShelterBox has already distributed 448 ShelterBoxes. “There is still a great need for emergency shelter in the country,” says SRT member Laura Jepson who returned from the country on 12 June. Read more ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
New funding for Sri Lanka announced
DFID has today approved a grant of £500,000 to UNICEF for an emergency measles and polio vaccination campaign covering all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Vavuniya as well as the provision of nutritional supplements. This programme will operate out of the emergency health clinics in the IDP camps which DFID funded through the International Office of Migration (IOM) last month. Source:
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
New security system for Sri Lanka IDPs
Sri Lanka government is to introduce a new security system for the safety of the internally displaced persons in the North.
The Minister of Human Rights and Disaster Management, Mahinda Samarasinghe said that the Human Rights Commission of the United Nation has also welcomed the new security system to be introduced on behalf of the IDPs.
Under the new security system senior government officials and the representatives of both local and International Non Government Organizations are to work together. Read more ...
The Minister of Human Rights and Disaster Management, Mahinda Samarasinghe said that the Human Rights Commission of the United Nation has also welcomed the new security system to be introduced on behalf of the IDPs.
Under the new security system senior government officials and the representatives of both local and International Non Government Organizations are to work together. Read more ...
IDPs 'suffering from eye diseases'
The health ministry in Sri Lanka says that over 4000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Vavuniya camps are suffering from eye diseases.
Deputy Director of Public Health Dr. Palitha Maheepala told BBC Sandeshaya that there seems to be an increase in eye diseases among the Internally displaced in camps.
"We have found that IDPs are suffering from bad eye sight, cataract and eye sore. The ministry is taking special measures to treat and advise the IDPs," he said. Read more ...
Deputy Director of Public Health Dr. Palitha Maheepala told BBC Sandeshaya that there seems to be an increase in eye diseases among the Internally displaced in camps.
"We have found that IDPs are suffering from bad eye sight, cataract and eye sore. The ministry is taking special measures to treat and advise the IDPs," he said. Read more ...
Attempt to sell details of Sri Lanka IDPs through internet uncovered
Sri Lanka police has commenced investigations to arrest a suspect who is attempting to earn money from selling the details of Internally Displaced Persons through internet.
According to the police the suspect has sent several e-mails to expatriate Sri Lankans saying that he could provide details of the IDPs.
The suspect, a resident from Koswaththa in Baththaramulla area asks for a US$ 25 registration fee per displaced person to provide the basic details. Read more ...
According to the police the suspect has sent several e-mails to expatriate Sri Lankans saying that he could provide details of the IDPs.
The suspect, a resident from Koswaththa in Baththaramulla area asks for a US$ 25 registration fee per displaced person to provide the basic details. Read more ...
Monday, June 22, 2009
India offers Rs. 5b for displaced persons - Thondaman
Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio Economic Development and CWC General Secretary Arumugan Thondaman who recently went to India on a goodwill mission said that the Indian centre has pledged five billion rupees assistance to the Government towards the post conflict phase in rehabilitation, resettlement and welfare measures for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi and other leaders whom he met in Chennai also assured to assist the IDPs, he said.
During his meeting with the Tamil Nadu CM, he renewed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s earlier invitation for the CM to visit Sri Lanka to see for himself the humanitarian and welfare assistance being extended to the IDPs and the invitation drew a positive response from the CM, Thondaman said and added that it was very likely that they will pay a visit soon. Read more ...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi and other leaders whom he met in Chennai also assured to assist the IDPs, he said.
During his meeting with the Tamil Nadu CM, he renewed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s earlier invitation for the CM to visit Sri Lanka to see for himself the humanitarian and welfare assistance being extended to the IDPs and the invitation drew a positive response from the CM, Thondaman said and added that it was very likely that they will pay a visit soon. Read more ...
IDPs move to new centres
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) sheltered in welfare camps and relief villages in Cheddikulam, Vavuniya are moving over to new welfare centres put up in close proximity.
“We are gradually reorganising the present set up and in the new camps the number of people will be limited to 1,000, making it easier to provide more attention to individuals,” the Competent Authority for coordinating and organising welfare and relief work for displaced Northern civilians, Major General G. A. Chandrasiri said.
Some of the IDPs have been relocated in newly set up camps in Weerapuram and Sumathipuram in Vavuniya and some are settling down in the newly established Zone 6 close to the Manic Farm in Cheddikulam.
“Each family will be given separate shelter. We will be able to finalise this in less than two months and the facilities provided so far will continue as usual,” the Competent Authority said. Read more ...
“We are gradually reorganising the present set up and in the new camps the number of people will be limited to 1,000, making it easier to provide more attention to individuals,” the Competent Authority for coordinating and organising welfare and relief work for displaced Northern civilians, Major General G. A. Chandrasiri said.
Some of the IDPs have been relocated in newly set up camps in Weerapuram and Sumathipuram in Vavuniya and some are settling down in the newly established Zone 6 close to the Manic Farm in Cheddikulam.
“Each family will be given separate shelter. We will be able to finalise this in less than two months and the facilities provided so far will continue as usual,” the Competent Authority said. Read more ...
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