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Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 09.42 GMT |
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Rebuilt Trinco public market inaugurated |
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
and HELLENIC AID, the development agency of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece on April 4
inaugurated the newly rebuilt Anuradhapura Junction
Public Market in Trincomalee which was destroyed by
the tsunami.
The joint $700,000 grant funded the rebuilding and
expansion of the dilapidated market, one of the main
markets in Trincomalee town. As the last component
of the grant, implementing partner People in Need
(PIN) will now provide training to vendors and local
authorities on market management and maintenance and
hygiene promotion.
USAID will be completing its $134.5 million tsunami
recovery efforts in Sri Lanka in 2008. This work
includes the construction of a new bridge over
Arugam Bay; a water supply system in Pottuvil; the
upgrading of fishing harbors in Hikkaduwa, Mirissa
and Dondra; the construction of 87 children's
playgrounds in tsunami-affected communities; and the
construction and repair of schools, libraries and
vocational education training centers throughout the
tsunami-affected zone.
HELLENIC AID is currently financing the
implementation of several tsunami reconstruction
projects in Sri Lanka's East, including a
psychiatric ward in the Valaichchenai Base Hospital,
two Gramodaya C-type Health Centers in Batticaloa,
the extension of classroom buildings in 17 schools
in Trincomalee and Ampara's coastal area for
internally displaced persons, and the installation
of solar panels in 60 schools and 400 houses in
Monaragala.
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