Pakistan provides water to resettled communities
The Pakistan government through the High Commission of Pakistan in
Sri Lanka funded the construction of two clean drinking water projects
for resettled communities in the Mullaitivu district.
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High Commissioner Seema Ilahi Baloch visited the beneficiary
communities and handed over the projects on Thursday |
The projects were implemented in Neerayipitty East and Kumarapuram
villages in the Martainpattu DS division.
High Commissioner Seema Ilahi Baloch visited the beneficiary
communities and handed over the projects on Thursday in the presence of
Mullaitivu Additional Government Agent M Mohandas, Muslim Aid head of
programme A W M Fahim and community leaders.
The first beneficiary village is Kumarapuram where 300 Tamil families
are living. The people of this village were affected by the war.
They were displaced and living in Menik Farm welfare camps for more
than two years and were resettled in the places of origin in early 2011.
The other village, Neerayipitty East, is predominantly a Muslim
village where 450 families were resettled during the last two years.
These families were displaced in 1990s and were living in welfare camps
in Puttalam. These families were asked to return to their village of
origin.
Realizing the difficulties faced by the resettled communities, High
Commissioner Seema Ilahi Baloch facilitated sponsorship for the
construction of a tube well and a community dug well for affected
communities benefiting around 750 families.
The projects were implemented by Muslim Aid Sri Lanka. |
