Japan provides Rs. 565 mln grant to improve Sri Lanka’s waste management capacity

.

The Government of Japan has extended a grant of 300 million Japanese Yen (approximately LKR 565 million) to Sri Lanka to enhance waste management infrastructure facilities under the ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ Program.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the grant was signed today (03) at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The agreement was signed by Ms. SAYAMA (IKUINA) Akiko, Japan’s Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Mahinda Siriwardana.

This grant will be utilized to enhance the waste management capacity of local government authorities in the Western, Northern, and Eastern Provinces by funding to procure 28 garbage compactors, enhancing the country’s waste transport capacity.

The allocation of vehicles will be as follows Western Province – 14 trucks, Eastern Province – 8 trucks and Northern Province – 6 trucks.