Wadakkil Wasantham Development Programme -Progress as at 31January 2010
 
Programme District Implementing
Agency
Estimate Cost Rs.Mn. Funding Agency Present Status
Provision of crafts and nets for coastal fisheries Jaffna,Mannar DFAR 30.88 MFAR/Ministry of Nation Building (MNBID) 35 engines of 15hp & 9.9hp, 2700 fish net units, 27 OFRP crafts, 1.2 Teppam and 9 vallam distributed among the beneficiaries in Mannar District. 80 FRP crafts and 100 engines distributed among the beneficiaries in Mannar, Killinochchi and Jaffna district.
Provision of fish boxes and bicycles for marketing Vavuniya Killinochchi NAQDA

 

50.00

ADB/ARDQIP 20 bicycles with fish boxes distributed among the beneficiaries in Mannar
Provision of nets for fresh water and brackish water fishery crafts Vavuniya Mannar NAQDA ADB/ARDQIP

76 inland canoes with fishing gear units distibuted among the beneficiaries in Mannar (Giant tank)

Stocking of fish fingerlings in Seasonal & Perennial tanks

Vavuniya
Killinochchi

NAQDA 3.4 NAQDA

730400 and 300000 of fingerlings have been stocked in Vavuniya & Killinochchi District respectively

Construction & Improvement of cold room & Coastal facilities Jaffna,Mannar MFAR 10.00 MFAR

Rs 20Mn released to Jaffna GA to procure two ice plants

Strengthening of fisher women Mannar,
Vavuniya
MFAR 0.59 MFAR completed
Rehabilitation of the Institutions under the Ministry of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources in Northern Province (Construction of the District Fisheries Office in Jaffna) Jaffna,Mannar, DFAR 17.69 DFAR construction of Jaffna AD Offcie -98% completed
Short term fisheries training programmes Jaffna,Mannar, Vavuniya NIFNE 1.50 NIFNE Jaffna -01 programme completed. Programme is temporary suspended
Re-establishment & Strengthening of fisheries Co-operative Societies Jaffna,Mannar DFAR, 2.26 MFAR

6 training programmes conducted for fisheries co-operative societies. 25 Officers have been trained. Construction of fisheries co-operative society building in Uppukulama completed. Office equipment purchased

Ornamental fish culture for the local market Jaffna, NAQDA 0.75 NAQDA Identification of trainees is in progress
Establishment of fish sales outlets in Jaffna District ( Jaffna, Delff ,Kareinagar) Jaffna, MFAR 1.11 MFAR

Commissioned

Rehabilitation of Fisheries Road Mannar
(Konnapindy)
MFAR 0.70 MFAR

Mannar Konnapiddi Fishery Road completed

Construction of 4 Idiwara Banks Jaffna MFAR 1.25 MFAR

Commissioned

Development of Fishery Harbours -Mannar, Periyakuda fish landing site Mannar
(Periyakuda)
MFAR 0.35 MFAR

Completed.

Preliminary Studies on Northern Coastal fisheries resources survey

Jaffna,Mannar NARA 4.00 NARA

The programme temporary suspended till the re-settlement completed in Mannar

Research on Coastal Non traditional aquaculture on Sea bass, Mollusc,Sea cucumber, Sea weeds Jaffna,Mannar NARA 2.00 NARA

Completed.

Development of non-traditional Supplementary Livelihoods Jaffna,Mannar NAQDA 95.94 USAID 180 cages distributed for sea weed farimng among 30 beneficiaries in Mannar district.
Production of High value low cost dry fish Jaffna,Mannar NARA 2.00 NARA

The programme temporary suspended till the re-settlement completed in Mannar