''LTTE was biggest stumbling block for everythin''

Nation on Sunday - Sri Lanka
The 30 year old war has reversed the Tamil community's clock by 30 years,
says Batticaloa District Chamber of Commerce and Industry President N.
Suntharesan ...
<http://www.nation.lk/2009/05/31/inter.htm>

EU funded water and sanitation project in Batticaloa and Kalmunai marks completion

The Final Conference of the European Union funded Water and Sanitation for Settlements in Eastern Sri Lanka (WASSER) will be held on Tuesday 26th May at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo.

 

WASSER is a partnership between the City of Munich, the NGO EMAS and two Sri Lankan Municipal councils of Batticaloa and Kalmunai.   Supported under the Asia Pro Eco II Post Tsunami program of the European Union, it aims to foster environmental restoration in areas affected by the Tsunami.

This project supports the urban poor by rehabilitating and expanding basic infrastructure in the water and sanitation fields in tsunami affected areas of Batticaloa and Kalmunai. Over 200 toilets, 150 tube/dug wells, 50 rainwater harvesting tanks and water connections to over 900 families have been provided under this program.  Through the establishment of a well drilling school, a large number of young people have been trained thus creating job opportunities in the field of well drilling.

Within the framework of the project the City of Munich’s experience in developing and applying environmental management and information systems for environment planning  and management was passed to Batticaloa and Kalmunai through training programs.  A web based collaboration platform has also been established.

A delegation from the City of Munich led by the Mayor Hep Monatzeder will participate together with the Mayors of Batticaloa and Kalmuni and Mr. Bernard Savage, Ambassador, European Union Delegation of the European Commission to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.  A large number of participants from Batticaloa and Kalmunai are expected.

 

stealing a phone belonging to a person that had come from Batticaloa to apply for his passport

Daily Mirror - Colombo,Western,Sri Lanka
... off arrested an Advanced Level student of Grandpass for stealing a
phone belonging to a person that had come from Batticaloa to apply for his
passport. ...
<http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=50107>

Dengue epidemic worsens Batticaloa

Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
The worst hit districts are Colombo, Kandy, Gampaha, Kegalle, Kurunegala,
Kaluatara, Matale, Hambantota, Batticaloa, Matara and Anuradhapura, the
Ministry ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/27/news11.asp>

Massive funds to revive East
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
The normal life of Easterners has paved the way for rapid development in
the districts of Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Ampara after being liberated
from the ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/27/news35.asp>

WASSER is a partnership between the City of Munich, the NGO EMAS and two Sri Lankan Municipal councils of Batticaloa and Kalmunai.

Lanka Everything - London,England,UK
WASSER is a partnership between the City of Munich, the NGO EMAS and two
Sri Lankan Municipal councils of Batticaloa and Kalmunai. Supported under
the Asia ...
<http://www.lankaeverything.com/vinews/business/20090525123530.php>

Lankan Tamil MP Padmanaban passes away

Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand
Tamil National Alliance MP from the Batticaloa district, Padmanaban was
here in Madurai to attend a marriage function of his relative in
Vamsapuram. ...
<http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17785>

More Tiger cadre fall to Army

Hindu - Chennai,India
Separately, the Defence Ministry said a five-member team of LTTE cadre
sighted by the troops in the eastern Periyapillmulai area in Batticaloa
district were ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/21/stories/2009052155761700.htm>

Eight Tiger rebels killed as Sri Lanka marks victory day

Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India
Small groups of LTTE militants still remaining in the eastern Batticaloa
and Ampara districts staged attacks on the security forces, but were gunned
down ...
<http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/867D1C5C9C4CBD9D652575BC00448E73?OpenDocument>

Snidespot: Thinking about Batticaloa

By Deborah Snider
Normally these days I find myself immersed in every day sorts of things,
like getting the lawn furniture out and deciding how Tori & I will spend
our days. I don't spend too much time thinking about my past days...
<http://deborahsnider.typepad.com/snidespot/2009/05/thinking-about-batticaloa.html>

12 killed, including 7 children - Another needless level crossing ...

Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka
... on impact and caught fire after the collision with the train which
comprised fuel bowsers and passenger carriages heading from Gal-oya to
Batticaloa. ...
<http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090517/News/sundaytimesnews_10.html>

12 dead, 45 injured in train-bus collision

Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
... into a bus packed with schoolchildren on an excursion killing twelve of
them and maiming several others at Manampitiya in the Batticaloa area
yesterday. ...
<http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/05/17/new04.asp>

Vacancy » Area Coordinator Batticaloa

Today, ACTED Sri Lanka has two offices in Colombo and Batticaloa, and

projects range from emergency WATSAN and hygiene programs to economic

recovery and development. ACTED is also expanding its operations into the

Vavuniya region of ...

<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7RXJ79?OpenDocument&RSS20=07-P>

Evaluation of effectiveness of mental health training program for ...

ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
A year after piloting its post-tsunami mental health program in Kalmunai in
the North-East of Sri Lanka (Budosan et al., 2007), IMC took the same
mental ...
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7RMPLK?OpenDocument>