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    - http://epaper.silumina.lk/?id=13&tday=2018/08/26
     

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    Palaly to be upgraded to a regional airport
    Three ministries jointly seek Cabinet approval for funds, phase two focuses on international flights

    By Chris Kamalendran and S. RubatheesanView(s):

    Three ministries are seeking Cabinet approval to upgrade the Palaly Airport to the level of a regional airport and operate flights to South Indian cities by the end of this year, a senior cabinet minister said yesterday.

    A joint cabinet paper is to be submitted by the ministries of Transport and Civil Avaition, Policy Planning and Economic Development and Tourism to seek Rs 1.2 billion for the refurbishment, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.

    The move came as Civil Aviation Authority (CAASL) officials were drawing the floor plan to set up Immigration and Customs counters and quarters for the staff. “The initial plan will be to convert Palaly into a regional airport and thereafter to an international airport with flights to other countries,” Mr de Silva said. He said the refurbishment plan would be handled by the Sri Lanka Air Force.

    Currently the Palaly military airport located in Valikamam North encompasses an area of 1,000 acres, but only 750 acres will be used to develop the airport. Jaffna District Additional Secretary (Lands) S. Muralitharan told the Sunday Times that a feasibility study had been carried out to develop the airport. This included a detailed study on the population of the area, schools and electrical overhead cables in the vicinity.

    Mr. Muralitharan said that, accordingly about 250 more acres around the Palaly airbase would be released to the civilians.
    A three-member Indian aviation delegation also visited the Palaly airport this week. Civil Aviation Director General H.M.C. Nimalsiri said the CAASL was finalising the first phase of the Palaly airport development project and based on the demand for service, the airport would be further developed in phases.

    “I don’t think that there will be huge traffic in the regional airport but we are aware of its potential demand. That’s why we have decided to undertake the development of the airport phase by phase,” he said. According to Mr Nimalsiri, though the feasibility studies have been concluded, the allocation of funds is yet to be worked out.

    A proposal formulated by the CAASL with inputs from the Air Force also recommended that the phase-based development would ensure fair return on huge investment for infrastructure development. The report also indicated that initially the airport could be upgraded to handle minimum of two medium commercial jets such as A320, A 321, B737 type aircraft which could carry 150-180 passengers.

    In 2010, the Indian government had agreed to provide assistance to develop the Palaly airport and an understanding was reached on the subject in a joint declaration by both countries. Preliminary studies were carried out by a technical team from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and its recommendations were handed over the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka. It was estimated that the cost of the project would be about US$ 109 million (Rs 11,312 million). It was to be completed in three and half years.

    The CAASL’s decision to use its own funds to develop the airport comes as the government revived talks with relevant Indian authorities to develop the airport using the Indian grant as agreed earlier. Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran wrote to the CAASL in June amidst public concerns raised over possible civilian land acquisition if the project was to be implemented.

    He pointed out that legally acquired 349 acres of land currently under the control of the Air Force should be returned to the CAASL and if more land was needed, necessary step could be taken based on feasibility studies. However, the CAASL feasibility study said that further land acquisition was not required since there was no need to extend the runway.

    - http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180826/news/palaly-to-be-upgraded-to-a-regional-airport-308269.html
     
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    Four-company consortium for Galle Marina project
    Three ministries jointly seek Cabinet approval for funds, phase two focuses on international flights

    By Bandula Sirimanna
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    Sri Lanka’s ambitious ‘Galle Marina’ project aimed at making the Galle harbour a tourism port is likely to be undertaken by a consortium comprising four leading international companies headed by Mclarens and including an Indian firm, a Ports and Shipping Ministry official confirmed.

    The Ministry had invited sealed applications from interested parties on May 24 to submit for proposals and receipt of award of Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) concession for the projects and the bids closed on August 21, Ministry Secretary L.P. Jayampathi told the Business Times.

    He said that this consortium was the only bidder which responded to the request for proposals by the ministry and the Indian connection has nothing do with the Indian company which has provided technical assistance for Sri Lanka’s Emergency Ambulance Service. There were allegations that India’s GVK EMRI, the technical service and training facility provider of Sri Lanka’s ’1990 Suvasariya’ Emergency Ambulance Service, was favoured in the Marina deal.

    Galle Port, is expected to be developed as a leisure facility over two phases. The first phase entails construction of a yacht marina for tourists drawn in by the region’s coral reefs, tropical rainforests and white sand beaches.

    The first phase includes construction of berthing facilities for 22 15-metre-long yachts at a southern breakwater area, a service and repair facility, duty free shop, café and clubhouse, and tourism information centre.

    The yacht berthing facilities will be extended to accommodate an additional 30 craft, as well as a yacht-lifting facility, car park and dry berthing facility.

    The project’s second phase will see construction of a breakwater to protect the entire bay, as well as a hotel and resort facilities, a yacht marina and multi-purpose berth, potentially under a BOT concession

    A consortium comprising four partners – Mclarens Shipping Ltd, India’s leading One Stop Yachting Company GVK – West Coast Marine Pvt Ltd and two other Swiss and French firms was the only bidder for the project at the time of opening the bids, informed sources revealed.

    The estimated cost for Galle Marina’ project was in the region of Rs.12.89 billion and this consortium has been selected for the award.

    While GVK – West Coast Marine Pvt Ltd and GVK EMRI are both subsidiaries of the same GVK Group, the award of the Marina project was an independent exercise and unconnected to the Indian ambulance service project.

    State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs, Dr. Harsha de Silva, who was responsible for negotiating the Indian ambulance service, told the Business Times that attempts to link the Galle Marina project with the ambulance service provider was a despicable political ploy of opponents aimed at discrediting a very useful public service.


    - http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180826/bu...nsortium-for-galle-marina-project-307698.html
     

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    Two ‘made-in-Japan’ FPVs bolster Sri Lanka Coast Guard

    Two new fast patrol vessels (FPV), custom-made in Japan for the Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) and equipped for, among other things, marine pollution control, will be commissioned on Wednesday

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    The 1.8bn yen (Rs 2.4bn) project was funded by a Japan International Coorporation Agency (JICA) grant. Both vessels underwent extensive sea trials during the last few weeks in preparation for the ceremonial commissioning and are expected to bolster the SLCG’s ‘white hulls’ fleet which recently also saw the addition of an Indian-built offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

    The FPVs are the first purpose-built modern craft for the SLCG and bring with them new capabilities and technology to play several roles. They are 30 metres in length, have an endurance of 750 nautical miles and a displacement of 123 tons each. Both were built at the Sumidagawa Shipyard in Tokyo.

    Powered by two German built MTU engines and a Hamilton water jet propulsion system, each FPV is capable of a top speed of 27 knots. The vessels are primarily designed for law enforcement missions while being equipped to perform a range of other roles, said SLCG Spokesman Capt Ravindra Tissera.

    They are the first to come equipped for marine pollution control with a flotation boom and skimmer system that can contain and skim oil spills at sea. They can also spray chemical oil dispersants which break the oil up into small droplets, increasing the likelihood of it biodegrading. They each have a rigid hull inflatable boat and firefighting equipment that can project water in excess of 70m.

    The vessels are capable of conducting patrols, search and rescue (SAR), humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) and boarding operations at sea. The vessels will be have a crew of 15 personnel, including specialists trained in diving, pollution control and boarding operations, said Commander K M P Perera, Commanding Officer of FPV 502. Lieutenant Commander MACP Abeyawardena will be the Commander Officer of FPV 501. Both were trained in SAR, pollution control and oil spill management as well as boarding operations in Japan and the United States.

    This week, the Japanese Minister of Defence was in Sri Lanka for the first time. Itsunori Onodera visited the Hambanthota and Trincomalee ports, promoting discussion on enhancing security cooperation between Japan and Sri Lanka with a focus on the sea. Japan has proactively assisted its international partners in the Indo- Pacific region through capacity building of coastguard agencies and other law enforcement organisations.

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    The FPVs are the first purpose-built modern craft for the SLCG and bring with them new capabilities and technology to play several roles. Pix by Priyantha Wickramarachchi

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    Excited to try out air logistics hub concept utilizing SL’s strategic location: US

    The US is excited to try out the air logistics hub concept which utilizes Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean to ensure the quick availability of relief supplies, equipment and other material when needed by the US and partner militaries and humanitarian organizations, an official of the US Embassy in Sri Lanka said today.

    In a statement issued over the arrival of the USS Anchorage at Trincomalee Port, Robert Hilton, Chargé d'affaires ad interim of the US Embassy said thearrival of the ship and scheduled training will build shared capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies in the Indo-Pacific region.

    Amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23), with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Trincomaleefor a scheduled port visit on Friday.
    During the visit, Sailors and Marines will have opportunities to explore the local area and meet with their counterparts during exercises with the Sri Lankan Navy and Marines.

    The US Embassy said the visit is also an opportunity for US Seventh Fleet to explore local logistics support services for visiting naval forces operating throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

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    ආශ්චර්යමත් රටක
    කව්රු කලත් මේවා නම් මෝඩ වැඩ... අන්ත අසරණ මනුස්සයෙක්ට හැර නිකන් සල්ලි දෙන්න හොද නෑ..



    බඩු මල්ලක් වගේ දෙයක් දෙන එක සාදාරණයි... හොරට සමුර්ධි ගන්න ටික අයින් කරලා අත්‍යවශ්‍ය මිනිස්සු ටිකකට දුන්නානම් වටිනවා.. අලුතින් ලක්ෂ 8 කියන්නේ ලේසි ගානක් නෙවෙයි...


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    chanda gundu kiyanne onna owata. kisima nishpadanayak na rate. mehe mahabankuwata kelinawa. ee kelapu eke paduwa wahanna tax gahanawa. tax wadi wela duppathma minissu mirikila innakota maseta rs . 200 k denawa samurdiya kiyala. melo wadak na ratata. kalakanni deshapaluwo..
     

    shadow1

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    මේක වෙන්න බෑ.. මහින්ද නෙවේද මුල්ගල තිබ්බේ?? :no::no::no:


    චන්ද්‍රිකා ඕක හදන එක නැවැත්තුවනෙ බන්.. රනිල් 2001 ආවත් උටත් ඕක හදන්න උවමනාවක් තිබුනෙ නැ.. කොහොමත් රනිල්ව, R ප්‍රේමදාසගෙ ලගින්වත් තියන්න බැහැනෙ බන්. ඊට පස්සෙ මහින්ද ආවෙ.. . :nerd:
     

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    චන්ද්‍රිකා ඕක හදන එක නැවැත්තුවනෙ බන්.. රනිල් 2001 ආවත් උටත් ඕක හදන්න උවමනාවක් තිබුනෙ නැ.. කොහොමත් රනිල්ව, R ප්‍රේමදාසගෙ ලගින්වත් තියන්න බැහැනෙ බන්. ඊට පස්සෙ මහින්ද ආවෙ.. . :nerd:

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    කොළොන්නාව ඇළ හැරවුම් යෝජනා ක්‍රමය

    - කොළඹ අගනගර ආශ්‍රිත නාගරික සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිය යටතේ කිලෝමීටර 4.8ක් දිග කොළොන්නාව ඇළ හැරවුම් යෝජනා ක්‍රමය උප කොටස් 04ක් යටතේ රුපියල් මිලියන 3,000ක ආයෝජනයක් සහිතව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට සැලසුම් කරනු ලැබ තිබේ. එහි 3 අදියර යටතේ සිදු කළ යුතු වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම් සඳහා වන කොන්ත්‍රාත්තුව අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය විසින් පත් කරන ලද ස්ථාවර ප්‍රසම්පාදන කමිටුවේ නිර්දේශය පරිදි E&C ආයතනය සහ RR ආයතනය විසින් ඇති කරගත් බද්ධ ව්‍යාපාරය වෙත රුපියල් මිලියන 1,004.4ක මුදලකට පිරිනැමීම පිණිස මහානගර හා බස්නාහිර සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍ය පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මැතිතුමා ඉදිරිපත් කළ යෝජනාව අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය විසින් අනුමත කරන ලදී.

    ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය-පෞද්ගලික සහයෝගිතාවන් සඳහා සහාය ලබා දීමට අවශ්‍ය පහසුකම් වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම

    - රාජ්‍ය-පෞද්ගලික සහයෝගිතාවන් සඳහා සහාය වීමට අවශ්‍ය ව්‍යූහයක් වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම හා ඒ සඳහා අවශ්‍ය යටිතල පහසුකම් මූල්‍යනය කිරීම සඳහා ලෝක බැංකුවේ ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය හා සංවර්ධනය සඳහා වන ජාත්‍යන්තර බැංකුව වෙතින් ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 25ක අරමුදල් සලසා ගැනීම සඳහා අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය විසින් මීට පෙර අනුමැතිය දෙනු ලැබ ඇත. ඒ අනුව, ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන සාකච්ඡා සම්මුති පැවැත්වීම සඳහා සහ අදාළ ණය ගිවිසුම්වලට එළඹීම සඳහා ජාතික ප්‍රතිපත්ති හා ආර්ථික කටයුතු අමාත්‍යතුමා වශයෙන් ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මැතිතුමා ඉදිරිපත් කළ යෝජනාව අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය විසින් අනුමත කරන ලදී.

    කටුබැද්ද, කාර්මික ඉංජිනේරු පුහුණු ආයතනයේ යටිතල පහසුකම් සංවර්ධනය කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතිය

    - කටුබැද්ද, කාර්මික ඉංජිනේරු පුහුණු ආයතනය විසින් යාන්ත්‍රික, ඉදි කිරීම්, ලී වැඩ යන ක්ෂේත්‍රයන් යටතේ ජාතික වෘත්තීය සුදුසුකම් (NVQ) 4 මට්ටමේ වසර තුනක පූර්ණකාලීන පාඨමාලා සහ එක් වසරක පරිගණක පාඨමාලා පවත්වනු ලබයි. රැකියා වෙළඳපොළට ගැළපෙන පාඨමාලාවන්ගෙන් යුත් මෙම ආයතනයේ අවශ්‍ය පහසුකම් වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම මඟින් වාර්ෂිකව බඳවා ගනු ලබන සිසුන් සංඛ්‍යාව ඉහළ නැංවීමට සැලසුම් සකස් කරනු ලැබ ඇත. ඒ අනුව, ඔස්ට්‍රියානු සහන ණය යෝජනා ක්‍රමයක් වෙතින් මූල්‍ය පහසුකම් ලබා ගනිමින් මෙම ආයතනය රුපියල් මිලියන 2,400ක ආයෝජනයක් සහිතව වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සඳහා සවිස්තරාත්මක ව්‍යාපෘති යෝජනාවක් කැඳවීමටත්, ඒ සඳහා අවශ්‍ය විදේශීය අරමුදල් සහාය ලබා ගැනීමටත් විද්‍යා, තාක්ෂණ, පර්යේෂණ, නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන හා වෘත්තීය පුහුණු සහ කන්ද උඩරට උරුමය පිළිබඳ අමාත්‍ය (ආචාර්ය) සරත් අමුණුගම මැතිතුමා ඉදිරිපත් කළ යෝජනාව අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය විසින් අනුමත කරන ලදී.

    හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ ආදර්ශ ගම්මානවල ප්‍රතිලාභීන්ගේ අභිවෘද්ධිය සඳහා ග්‍රාමීය පාලම් 08ක් ඉදි කිරීම

    - හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ යටිතල පහසුකම් අඩු ගම්මානවල ආරම්භ කෙරෙන ආදර්ශ ගම්මානවල නිවාස ප්‍රතිලාභීන්ට නාගරික පොදු පහසුකම් වෙත පහසුවෙන් ළඟා විය හැකි පරිදි, රඹුක්වැව වැලිගත්ත ආර හරහා පාලම, මුවන්වැව වීරවිලආර හරහා පාලම, පන්නේගමුව සහ අභයපුර හරහා දියබැඳිය පාලම, අම්බලන්තොට ලියන්ගස්තොට හා බැදිගන්තොට හරහා පාලම, තණමල්විල මාර්ගයේ මලලආර, රන්මුදුවැව පාලම, රබර්වත්ත සහ උඩුවිල අතර පාලම, කටුවන කෙසෙල්වත්ත පාලම සහ ලුණුගම්වෙහෙර දකුණ ඉවුර හරහා පාලම යන ග්‍රාමීය පාලම් 08 'නගමු පුරවර' වැඩසටහන යටතේ ඉදි කිරීම පිණිස නිවාස හා ඉදිකිරීම් අමාත්‍ය සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මැතිතුමා ඉදිරිපත් කළ යෝජනාව අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය විසින් අනුමත කරන ලදී.

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    USCGC ෂර්මන් නෞකාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට හිම්වේ

    - 29 08 2018 - - ෂමිල පෙරේරා

    එක්සත් ජනපද වෙරළ ආරක්ෂක බලඇණිය විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාවට කලින් USCGC ෂර්මන් නමින් හැඳින්වූ අධි දැරුම් ශක්තියක් සහිත නෞකාවක් භාරදී තිබේ.

    ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාපති වයිස් අද්මිරාල් සිරිමෙවන් රණසිංහ හා එක්සත් ජනපද වෙරළ ආරක්ෂක බලඇණියේ රියර් අද්මිරාල් හේකොක්ගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පසුගියදා මෙම නෞකාව භාරදීමේ උත්සවය සිදුකර තිබේ.

    ඒ අනුව, මෙම නෞඛාව ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව සතු විශාලතම නෞකාව වනු ඇති අතර, ඒ මගින් එක්සත් ජනපදය හා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර ආරක්ෂක සහයෝගීතාව ශක්තිමත් කරනු ඇති බව ඇමෙරිකානු තානාපති කාර්යාලය පවසයි.

    ඉන්දියානු සාගරයේ ඉතා කාර්ය බහුල මුහුදු මාර්ගවල යාත්‍රා කරන සියලු ජාතීන්ගේ නෞකාවල අතිරේක ආරක්ෂාවක් සපයමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සුවිශේෂී ආර්ථික කලාපය මුර කිරීමේ හැකියාවද මේ නෞකාව නිසා වැඩිවනු ඇති බවත්, මීටර් 115ක් දිගින් යුතු වන අතර, එහි සම්පූර්ණ කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය 167 දෙනෙකු බවද තානාපති කාර්යාලය වැඩිදුරටත් පවසයි.


    - http://www.ada.lk/business/USCGC-ෂර්මන්-නෞකාව-ශ්‍රී-ලංකාවට-හිම්වේ/7-339770

    Sri Lanka Navy ceremonially takes over United States Coast Guard Cutter ‘Sherman’ at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    The Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe officially took over the Ex-USCG “Sherman” into Sri Lanka Navy in a ceremony held at Honolulu, Hawaii, United States yesterday (27th August).

    The USCGC “Sherman” is the second US Coast Guard Ship provided to SLN by the US government after a lapse of time where the initial vessel provided is presently serving as SLNS Samudura in the SL Naval fleet.

    The USCGC Sherman is a 115m long ship equipped with state of art weapons and machinery. Once the ship is joined the SLN fleet, she will take the place as the largest platform to be held by the SLN. She will be utilized to patrol and surveillance missions in the deep seas around Sri Lanka providing the maritime security and assistance to search and rescue operations. She holds the record of confiscating the largest amount of Cocaine (17 tons) while she was serving in the USCG.

    The ship was ceremonially decommissioned by Rear Admiral Haycock, Assistant Commandant Acquisition and Chief Acquisition Officer of USCG and she was took over by the Commander of the SL Navy, who handed over the command to Captain ArunaThennakoon, the designated Commanding Officer of the ship.

    The ceremony was attended by Sri Lankan Consul in Hawaii Mr. Bede Cooray, RAdm Haycock-the Assistant Commandant Acquisition and Chief Acquisition Officer of USCG, RAdm Marc. H. Dalton-Director Maritime Operations for US Pacific fleet, Captain A.Williams- the former Commanding Officer of USCGC Sherman, Captain T. Rasmussen-Commanding Officer Base Honolulu, Mr.TodReinert- Deputy Chief Officer of International Acquisitions and Sri Lankan Expatriates in Hawaii.

    In parallel to the ceremony, the Commander of the Navy held cordial discussions with the Captain T. Rasmussen, Base Commander US Coast Guard Honolulu and praised him for the enormous support given by the USCG base to the SLN ship’s crew.

    The designated Sri Lankan Navy crew of the ship is scheduled to undergo training on the ship an estimated 40 days of sailing across the Pacific and Indian Ocean before they take her home by early April 2019.

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    - http://news.navy.lk/eventnews/2018/08/28/201808281730/

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    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Sherman_(WHEC-720)
     
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