Overview

Chinese government donates 1.8 million liters of kerosene during Phase 1 of the kerosene distribution project in Sri Lanka in May 2023

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: May 23, 2023

Start (actual): May 23, 2023

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Sri Lanka

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Sri Lanka Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources

Loan description

Chinese government donates 1.8 million liters of kerosene during Phase 1 of the kerosene distribution project in Sri Lanka in May 2023

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On May 23, 2023, the Chinese government, in coordination with Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Fisheries, began distributing free kerosene to fishermen at Panadura Fishery Port. The initiative provided a total of 29,059 fishing boats across 15 fishery districts including Colombo, Kalutara, Matara, Hambantota, Kalmune, Batticaloa, Mulathivu, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, Mannaram, Puttalam, Halata and Gampaha, with 1,825,575 liters of kerosene at 75 liters of kerosene to a boat by 96 fuel stations nationwide. The purpose of this project is to support local fishermen through fuel subsidies.