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ADB aid for rehabilitation project

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will partially fund a conflict affected areas rehabilitation project. The project will cost about $ 107 million, to be funded by ADB, through two loans totalling $ 80 million, and the Government.

The project will substantially increase ADB's support for rehabilitation operations in conflict afflicted areas.

In 2001, the ADB initiated a program of support for communities affected by the conflict and has since expanded to include road and power rehabilitation. Project preparation involved wide consultation with many stakeholders, including conflict-affected communities, the national and provincial governments, the LTTE and Sri Lanka's development partners, a press release said yesterday.

The project will focus its activities on the most-severely conflict-affected districts: Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Ampara. In these areas it will rehabilitate essential infrastructure and restore community livelihoods.

Project activities will include rehabilitation of, 500 km of major roads to provide reliable transport links in areas where most of the network is in very poor condition, Power transmission, distribution, and rural electrification systems, smaller scale community infrastructure, in particular schools, water supply, irrigation, health centres, and minor roads, and also the preparation of a project to provide the Jaffna peninsula with a reliable water supply system.

The project will also support a large number of rural communities in restoring viable social and economic conditions for both residents and those returning to their homes after being displaced by the conflict.

Project staff will assist villagers in identifying key community priorities and then in transforming these priorities into reality. Where required, assistance will also include helping residents to create or reinforce local conflict resolution mechanisms that will facilitate resolving future difficulties in a non-violent and constructive manner.

Project preparation involved consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, including Government officials at national and provincial levels, communities, beneficiaries, the donor community and the LTTE.

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