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China donates 50M rupees worth of de-mining detectors and equipment to Sri Lanka

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$568,884

Commitment Year•2010Country of Activity•Sri LankaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

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Commitment date: Jan 1, 2010

Start (actual): Mar 1, 2010

End (actual): Mar 1, 2010

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n March 2010, China donated a stock of de-mining equipment worth 50 million rupees to Sri Lanka to help de-mining activities in the Northern region. Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Yang Xiuping handed over 50 de-mining detectors and 50 de-mining protective equipment kits to Sri Lanka Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka. For more detailed location info: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3237344

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

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Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

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China donates 50M rupees worth of de-mining detectors and equipment to Sri Lanka

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In March 2010, China donated a stock of de-mining equipment worth 50 million rupees to Sri Lanka to help de-mining activities in the Northern region. Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Yang Xiuping handed over 50 de-mining detectors and 50 de-mining protective equipment kits to Sri Lanka Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka. The donation is expected to accelerate ongoing army de-mining operations in the north as part of resettlement, reconstruction, and rehabilitation efforts taking place under the 'Uthuru Wasanthaya' (Northern Spring) program.