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Newly developed topographical map presented to minister:

Northern development easier now - Basil

The newly developed topographical map will provide details to plan and design the Northern Province, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said.

He said so after receiving the first batch of the newly developed topographical maps for the Jaffna district from Surveyor General of the Survey Department S M W Fernando and Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka Kunio Takahashi in Parliament on Thursday. Land and Land Develppment Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon and Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Sri Lanka Office Akira Shimura were also present.

The project called "The Digital Topographic Mapping Project for Reconstruction of Northern Region" has been implemented by the Survey Department with technical cooperation from JICA since 2010 through its grant assistance.

The maps available for Northern Province are decades old, and could not be updated due to inaccessibility to the Northern area.

With JICA's assistance, aerial photography of the entire Northern Province had been completed, and the maps are being developed for Jaffna and Mannar districts.

The first batch, handed over on Thursday targeting the southern part of Jaffna, consisted of 38 sheets. The maps for Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts will be developed by the Survey Department utilizing aerial photos, equipment and techniques transferred through the project.

Minister Rajapaksa thanked JICA and the Survey Department for completing the digital map within a short period.

"Since the available maps for the Northern Province were decades old, we confronted some problems in designing and planning the development projects for resettlement, irrigation, tank renovation and highways development. Now all the details are available for planning and designing with this topographical map," minister said.

Surveyor General Fernando, said the detailed maps will enable governmental organizations and development partners to efficiently plan and design the development strategy of infrastructure, disaster management, education and health in the Northern Province.

Survey Department and JICA will hold a seminar to introduce the project's activities and share the result of technical transfer on November 4.

Those maps will be available for public purchase from the Survey Department of Sri Lanka from January 2012.

Disaster Management Deputy Minister Dulip Wijesekara Land and Land Development Deputy Minister Siripala Gamlath also participated.

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