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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.
Japan
International
Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
also
plays a
vital
role in
dispatching
a
Japanese
expert
to
NWS&DB.
The
Japanese
government
allocates
Rs.263.3
million
from the
2KR
Counterpart
Fund
which
was
provided
under
the Food
Production
Grant
Assistance
to the
government.
The
government
allocates
Rs.23
million
as a
local
counterpart
fund for
the
Project.
NWS&DB
under
the
Water
Supply
and
Drainage
Ministry
has
taken
steps to
facilitate
the
related
activities
and
ensure a
smooth
implementation
of the
project
to
benefit
the
people
who are
living
in the
welfare
centres
at
Vavuniya
and
Jaffna
Districts.
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