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Japan
provides 11 container workshops for restoring
tsunami
damaged fishery industry |
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The Government of Japan handed over 11 Container Type
Mobile Workshops together with 11 Trailers and a truck worth
of Japanese Yen 66.5 million (approximately Rs. 57.2
million) to help rehabilitation works for fishing industry
in the tsunami affected areas.
These Container Workshops are to repair the Out Board Motors
(OBMs) and other fishing boats/gears damaged by tsunami.
Under the project, procurement of raw materials for repair
of fiber-glass reinforced plastic (FRP) boats, costs of
necessary spare parts of out board motors, and labour to
carry out repairs to fishing craft were also provided.
These Container Workshops will be distributed to the Galle,
Matara, and Hambantota districts in the Southern Province,
Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomalee in the Eastern Province,
Jaffna, Killinochchi and Mullaitivu in the Northern Province
and Gampaha and Colombo in the Western Province.
This assistance is a part of the Rs. 8 billion (US$ 80
million) provided under the Japanese Non-Project Grant Aid
for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of a wide
range of tsunami-affected sectors including fisheries,
housing, power, roads, health, education and water and
sanitation sectors. Out of the total grant, Rs. 2 billion
has been allocated to the fisheries sector, considering the
economical and social importance of the industry.
The handing over of the workshops and trailers were made by
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan, on
behalf of the Ambassador of Japan Akio Suda to Milroy
Fernando, Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources and
Christian Affairs at a ceremony on October 28 at the CEYNOR
Automobile Workshop in Mattumagala, Ja-Ela. |
           
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