Mega development plan for North and East
[Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 5.30 GMT]  

The Government yesterday (Jan 28) announced a massive development plan under the Reawakening programme aimed at a sustainable social and economic integration of the communities in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

The Reawakening project consists of four components; village development and rehabilitation, essential rehabilitation and improvement of selected major irrigation schemes, cluster level livelihood support activities and institutional capacity building and project implementation support.

The project implementation will be carried out through the Ministry of Nation Building with the collaboration of the World Bank which would provide assistance through the North East Irrigated Agriculture Project (NEIAP) I and II.

The infrastructure facilities will also be improved.