03/28/2011
|
www.hindustantimes.com
The ambitious Indian project to build 50,000 houses for the displaced Tamil civilians in the north seems to have been delayed. Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday that the pilot project of 1000 houses is likely to take off in July. The foundation stone for the pilot project was laid last November by External Affairs Minister, SM Krishna, amid much fanfare. And, the project was announced in June 2010.
11/22/2010
|
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Ahead of foreign minister S M Krishna's visit to Sri Lanka, India has started work on construction of 1,000 homes for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the island nation. The construction of 1,000 homes is a pilot project for the commitment made by India to build 50,000 houses in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
09/14/2010
|
Daily News
Veteran Journalist Manik de Silva yesterday stressed the need of having a tax to be levied from every citizen of the country to normalize the lives of the people in the war torn areas.
08/19/2010
|
The Economist
WEARING a crisp blue shirt, Kumaraswamy Nageswaran gestures dejectedly to a towering fence that keeps him from his village and his three acres of farmland on the Trincomalee coast. Five years ago, as Tamil Tiger rebels fought desperately with the Sri Lankan army, thousands of families fled Sampur and adjoining villages. They returned in the six months to January this year, only to find themselves victims of post-war development plans.
08/17/2010
|
The Hindu
Rajapaksa appears more focussed on economic development, including that of the Tamil-dominated North
08/16/2010
|
Save the Children
As Sri Lanka recovers from 30 years of war, a great deal of attention is being given to infrastructure development.
07/27/2010
|
Sunday Leader
This time archaeology rather than conservation is motivating the Government of the Netherlands to contribute Rs. 104 million towards reconstruction of the Jaffna Fort. The reconstruction will be directed by the Department of Archaeology under Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi. The photo gallery below (courtesy Perambara) shows the ruined fort as it stands today. (photos)
06/23/2010
|
Gulf News
A year after Sri Lanka's long and bloody civil war ended, Gulf News visited the northern peninsula to gauge reconstruction and reconciliation efforts there. A photo essay.
06/22/2010
|
Daily Mirror
Former Chief Minister of the North- East Provincial Council Varatharajah Perumal charged yesterday that sand mining was run by ‘black marketeers’ in the Jaffna peninsula, and requested the government to address this problem for the benefit of the construction industry.
06/20/2010
|
AsiaNews
Report from Jaffna, the scene of a long and bloody civil war lost by the locals against the central power. The stories of the people. The many instances of violence, still current ongoing. The desire to start over.