The
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday denied reports about
India-aided projects in Sri Lanka having been halted in retaliation to
India voting against the island nation at the United Nations Human
Rights
Council and the extreme stridency with which some Tamil Nadu parties
have raised the issue of civilian casualties during Colombo’s war with
the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
On the contrary, most mega Indian
projects were ahead of schedule and both countries were preparing to
reopen their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to give
bilateral trade a further impetus, said MEA spokesperson Syed
Akbaruddin.
Akbaruddin especially mentioned the work
of providing 50,000 dwelling units to the internally displaced people,
which is one of India’s biggest projects in terms of scale.
Phase two of the project, entailing the
construction of 43,000 units, was ahead of schedule, while two railways
lines being rebuilt at an India-provided line of credit of $800 millions
in the Tamil-dominated areas too was ahead of schedule.
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