India will soon send de-mining teams to Sri Lanka, and they will facilitate speedy return of civilians to their home villages in the North. Already, the Sri Lanka government completed de-mining in several parts of Mannar, and expects assistance from another team of demining personnel from India to expedite the process. "The government intends to allow more civilians to go back to their homes by accelerating the demining process," said C. R. Jayasingha, Sri Lankan high commissioner to India today (02).
Along with the demining process, India plans to set up a field hospital at Vayuniya upgrading extending medical care in welfare centers. And, another consignment of 50,000 family packs containing food, clothing, utensils, shelter material, etc. will arrive from India soon. The consignment will be rushed to northern Sri Lanka from Chennai early next week. So far, India has provided 120,000 family packs and a total of 1,680 tonnes of food products to the displaced civilians. Meanwhile Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced that US $20 million will be released as humanitarian relief assistance to Sri Lanka.
