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 23rdDecember 2020 at the Ambassador’s Residence in Colombo, between Ambassador of Japan Akira Sugiyama, and 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.

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_20B/Dec26_1608996285CH.php