Sigatoka Town Council to get new garbage compactor truck
Sigatoka Town Council to get new garbage compactor truck
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The Japanese Government has given $170,504 to the Sigatoka Town Council for the procurement of a five-tonne garbage compactor truck.
Minister for Local Government Premila Kumar says this will help reduce costs as the Sigatoka Town Council has been paying around $70,311 a year to a private company.
Kumar says this will benefit 297 ratepayers and more than 500 businesses houses in Sigatoka Town.
To date, Japan has provided 12 garbage compactor trucks to municipal councils.
The Charge d Affairs of Japan to Fiji Hada Tsuguyoshi says under the Grassroots Human Security Project they have implemented 392 projects worth more than US$28 million so far.
The Government of Japan has provided a total sum of US$ 636,262 (approx. Rs. 115 million) to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) for humanitarian demining activities in Northern Sri Lanka. The grant contract was signed on the 23rd December 2020 at the Ambassador’s Residence in Colombo, between SUGIYAMA Akira, Ambassador of Japan and Ms. Emilie Mbaye, Interim Country Director of MAG.
The project will contribute to the efforts of the Government of Sri Lanka in ensuring that mine-contaminated areas are safe, enabling the resettlement of displaced people and enhancing directly or indirectly more than 8,000 people’s livelihoods in the Mannar and Vavuniya Districts.
Japan to support humanitarian demining activities in northern Sri Lanka (24 Dec 2020)
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The Government of Japan has provided a total sum of US$ 636,262 (approx. Rs. 115 million) to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) for humanitarian demining activities in Northern Sri Lanka. The grant contract was signed on the 23rd December 2020 at the Ambassador’s Residence in Colombo, between His Excellency Mr. SUGIYAMA Akira, Ambassador of Japan and Ms. Emilie Mbaye, Interim Country Director of MAG.
The project will contribute to the efforts of the Government of Sri Lanka in ensuring that mine-contaminated areas are safe, enabling the resettlement of displaced people and enhancing directly or indirectly more than 8,000 people’s livelihoods in the Mannar and Vavuniya Districts. MAG commenced operations in Sri Lanka in 2002 with approximately 20% of its clearance activities accomplished through Japanese assistance. Since 2009 when precise data was made available, MAG has released the total
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