The EU, amidst the furore over the suspension of GSP+ concessions, is continuing large-scale funding of other projects with Rs 6.3 billion worth of infrastructure being handed over on Tuesday in the East.
EU officials with Chief Minister Chandrakanthan at the launch of the projects in the East. Pic by Wasantha Chandrapala |
The two projects - 400 km rural and provincial access roads and environment remediation programme which includes a solid waste management facility – were inaugurated by EU Ambassador Bernard Savage and Chief Minister of the Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan in Ampara.
These two projects carried out under the Europe Union's post-tsunami recovery Community Access were implemented through the United Nations Office for Project Services – UNOPS. These new infrastructures are part of the EU’s overall post-tsunami aid package to Sri Lanka, which is approximately Rs 24.2 billion. Mr Savage said the issue over EU GSP+ would not affect the long term funding of Sri Lankan projects . |
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