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Overview

Chinese Government provides 90 water tankers and technical training to Sri Lanka for disaster relief

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 19, 2018
Start (actual)
Dec 4, 2018
End (actual)
Dec 19, 2018

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

Private Sector

  • Suzhou Hengrun Import and Export Co., Ltd

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides 90 water tankers and technical training to Sri Lanka for disaster relief

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On December 4, 2018, the Chinese Government provided Sri Lanka with 90 water bowser trucks (water tankers) to help the Sri Lankan government improve the living conditions of people affected by a severe drought in early 2017. At the request of Sri Lanka, China pledged to provide water tankers and related supporting technical services. China will provide technical service training and free maintenance services for the vehicles for one year. Suzhou Hengrun Import and Export Co., Ltd. was the Chinese implementation company for the project. The handover ceremony was held on December 19, 2018, in the Presidential Palace of Sri Lanka. Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan and Sri Lankan President Sirisena signed the handover certificate. More than 30 people including senior officials of the Presidential Palace of Sri Lanka, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Irrigation Water Resources and Disaster Management Kumara, and representatives of Suzhou Hengrun Import and Export Co., Ltd. attended the ceremony.