PERFORMANCE REPORT - 2006
01 District Administration
Mannar District consists of Three Divisional Secretary’s Divisions and Two Assistant Government Agent’s Divisions. The Assistant Government Agent’s Divisions are located in the Un-cleared Area.
After 1990, with the massive exodus of population due to ethnic problem the Divisional Secretary’s Division of Nanaddan was moved from place to place and finally started to function in its own building constructed with the funds provided by the Ministry of Public Administration & Home Affairs in the Year 2006. Similarly, the Divisional Secretary’s Office, Musali and the Assistant Government Agent’s Offices of Mantai West and Musali are functioning in their own buildings and offering their valuable services to the people in their respective Divisions.
The District Secretariat, Mannar is functioning with the full complement of the staff but with the existence of 65 vacancies for Management Assistants and 58 vacancies for Grama Niladharis. The Divisions are rendering their services with skeleton staff attached to each Division.
The Government agent, Mannar is provided with a Pajero Vehicle to perform his duties. In addition, two Pick-ups issued by the Ministry of Public Administration & Home Affairs have been handed over to the Divisional Secretary, Musali and the Assistant Government Agent, Mantai West.
Necessary arrangements have been made to issue the National Identity Cards and Passports through the respective Divisional Secretariats and the Offices of the Asst Govt Agents. Accordingly during the year 2006, 5,447 applications for the National Identity Cards were forwarded to the Department of Registration of Persons and 4,406 were received and issued.
A system has been adopted in the Divisional Secretariats and the Offices of the Asst Govt Agents to receive all the applications and to forward same to the Department of Registration of Persons within a week. A similar system is adopted in respect of the applications for Passports to be sent to the Department of Immigration & Emigration. The Passports are sent to the applicants directly from the Department of Immigration & Emigration. This arrangement facilitates the public to obtain the National Identity Cards and the Passports without any difficulties and delay.
02 Agriculture
During the Year 2006, 07 Meetings of the District Agricultural Committee were conducted and the Cultivation Meetings for the Maha and Yala were held and all the decisions taken at the Cultivation Meetings were implemented for the cultivation of Paddy and Other Field Crops.
A Paddy - Maha 2005/2006 Season
| Target
| Extent Cultivated
| Production
|
| Ha
| Ha
| M T
|
Maha 2005/2006
| | | |
Major
| 11,515.0
| 10,579.0
| 44,751.0
|
Minor
| 1,629.0
| 1,410.0
| 5,725.0
|
Rainfed
| 680.0
| 40.0
| 111.5
|
T O T A L
| 13,824.0
| 12,029.0
| 50,5887.5
|
| | | |
Yala 2006
| | | |
Major
| 1,380.0
| 38.7
| 179.0
|
Minor
| 155.0
| 4.8
| 19.8
|
T O T A L
| 1,535.0
| 43.5
| 198.8
|
Advance Payment for Purchase of Paddy
A sum of Rs 20.0 Millions was released by the Treasury to purchase paddy during Maha 2005/2006. A sum of Rs 18.0 Million was released to the MPCSS and Rs 2.0 Million to the Seed Producers’ Association of Mannar. The advance was recovered and paid back to the Treasury.
Incentive Payment for Purchase of Paddy
A sum of Rs 2,584,314/= granted as incentive for the Purchase of Paddy during
Maha 2004/2005 and Yala 2005 was distributed among the MPCSS and the Seed
Producers’ Association of Mannar.
Renovation of 10,000 Minor Tanks Programme
10 Minor Tanks belonging to the Department of Agrarian Development and 05 Tanks under the Department of Irrigation were proposed for implementation under the renovation of 10,000 Minor Tanks Programme and approved by the District Agricultural Committee.
Dry Zone Agricultural Development
10 Minor Tanks in the D S Division of Nanaddan and A G A Division of Madhu were proposed and approved by the District Agricultural Committee.
03 Department of Probation and Child Care
01 The Special Allowance @ of Rs 500/= was paid to 1,008 Children during 2005.
02 Under the Bamini Programme 14 children in the Children’s Homes re-joined their families. They were provided with the following facilities: · Bicycles
· A Cash Allowance of Rs 9,000/=
· Rs 15,000/= for Self Employment
· 36 Bicycles and 21 School Equipments
03 Thriposha’ was issued to Four Day Care Centres in the District.
04 A sum of Rs 30,000/= was paid to each of the following Day Centre to effect Repairs:
1 St Sebastian’s Day Care Centre, Mannar
2 St Lucia’s Day Care Centre, Pallimunai
3 St Joseph’s Day Care Centre, Thalavupadu
4 St Anne’s Day Care Centre, Vankala
05 24 Awareness Programmes were conducted during the Year 2006
06 05 Abuse Cases were dealt with during the year under review.
The District Child Development Committee was formed in the Year 2004. With a view to up-grade the functions of the District Child Development Committee and Rs 1.6 Million was donated by the UNICEF.
Progress Achieved
· Number of issues sorted out - 162
· Number of Children assisted with the Petty Cash Ledger - 23
· Number of Participants for the ‘Rights of the Children’ Awareness Programme
Hospital Staff, Media Personnel - 100
Members of C B OO - 752
· Number of Meeting held to standardize the Children’s Rights - 03
· Number of Meetings held in connection with the
School Drop-outs - 03
· Discussion on the Number of Complaints received - 01
· Number of Meetings on NUNU held under the Chairmanship of the Govt Agent, Mannar - 05
The Movable Assets donated - Furniture, Telephone, Computer and Accessories, Photo-copier, etc. to the value of Rs 800,000/=
04 Village Development
The contents of the new Constitution dated 01-07-2006 published by the Director of Rural Development were explained as a result all the Rural Development Societies and the Women Rural Development Societies were registered accordingly.
A Training Programme was conducted to 25 Participants from Mannar and Nanaddan DS Divisions and the successful candidates were issued with the Diploma Certificates.
A Five Day Residential Programme was conducted to Programme Assistants attached to Nanddan Division in Trincomalee.
A Leadership Training for 25 Members of the Women Rural Development Societies was conducted at a cost of Rs 21,000/=.
Under the NEIAP II, all the Contract Works in the 25 Focal villages will be implemented by the respective Rural Development Societies and the Loan System under the Livelihood Support Assistance will be handled by the respective Women Rural Development Societies.
05 Decentralized Budget
A sum of Rs 9,858,731/83 allocated by the Hon Members of Parliament of Vanni Electorate was equally distributed to all the Divisions during the Year 2006 and was spent on Development Works.
06 Non Governmental Organizations
During the Year 2006, out of an allocation of Rs 317,080,503/76 of the Non Governmental Organizations, a sum of Rs 281,826,192/32 was spent.
04 International, 14 National and 06 Local non Governmental Organizations were functioning in the District.
07 Cultural Events – 2006
Religious Festivals
Maha Sivaraththri
The Maha Sivaraththri is a gazetted festival celebrated at Thiruketheeswaram Temple. More than 25,000 devotees took part in the Festival. A sum of Rs 40,000/= was allocated by the Government to provide Health and Sanitation facilities to the devotees congregated at the Temple Premises for the Festival.
Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu
The gazetted festival of July was celebrated with the hoisting of the Flag on 23 June and concluded on 02 July with the procession of the Statue of Our Lady of Madhu. There were more 250,000 devotees including a large number from the south of Sri Lanka.
The gazetted festival of August was celebrated with the hoisting of the Flag on 6 August and concluded on 15 August with the procession of the Statue of Our Lady of Madhu. There were more 450,000 devotees all over Sri Lanka.
A sum of Rs 40,000/= was allocated by the Government for Utility Services.
Conferring ‘Kala Bhooshana’ Title
On the request of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, names of five eligible persons were forwarded for the award of National Title on 31-08-2006.
Children Art Competition
An Art Competition among the children was held on 3 July 2006 in Mannar and Madhu Zones. 44 drawings were selected and forwarded to the Department of Cultural Affairs.
A sum of Rs 5,000/= was allocated by the respective Department for the conduct of the competition.
08 District Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
An allocation of Rs 189.55 Million was released in 2006 by the Ministry of Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development and the Ministry of Resettlement for the implementation of Development Works, for the Payment of Compensation, Essential Service Works and World Food Programme.
The Payment of Compensation to 98 Most Affected Persons, Issuance of Dry Ration to 8,762 Families, Maintenance of 1,954 Families in the Welfare Centres, Compensation for the Damages to Houses and Properties to 26 Beneficiaries and re-settlement 917 Families were completed during the Year 2006.
In addition 59 Roads, 20 Places of Worship, 12 School Buildings, 03 Play-grounds, 03 Multi Purpose Halls were rehabilitated.
The supply of Electricity to 20 Villages, supply of Drinking Water to 10 Villages and training on Sewing to 60 beneficiaries were completed. The Training and Issue of Driving Licence for 231 persons was also implemented with this allocation.
The 161 Health Volunteers, 16,418 Students, Internally Displaced 57,033 Mothers and Children and were benefitted under World Food Programme
09 Foreign Funded Projects
A North East Community Restoration & Development - NECORD
Under the NECORD Project, most of the schools in Mannar District were provided with the required furniture and class rooms for the benefit of the children.
Likewise, Ambulances and building facilities for Wards were provided for the Health Institutions in the District.
B North East Irrigated Agricultural Project - NEIAP
The activities were commenced in the 25 Focal villages selected for the implementation of the Stage II of the Project.
Out of the 25 Focal Villages, work had commenced on 23 Village Tanks. 15 Multi Purpose Halls were completed. The work was in progress in respect of the balance 11 Halls. 68 Wells were selected to provide drinking water facilities and work was completed on 08 Wells and handed over to the village community.
A Concept Paper for drilling of Tube Wells in the villages - Kovvankulam and Arippu West was forwarded to the Project Monitoring Unit for its approval. The rehabilitation of the Internal Agricultural Road work in Arippu West was in progress.Regarding the balance 24 villages, preparation of estimates were underway in respect of some and tenders had been called for the balance works.
Under the Livelihood Support Programme, 27 Women Rural Development Societies had been selected. Three WRDSS had been provided with 100% allocation while the balance were paid with 65% as payment under Stage I. The construction of the Office and Quarters for the Irrigation Engineer, Murunkan had been completed. The work of the Department of Animal Production and Health under the NEIAP too had been completed.
C Mannar District Rehabilitation & Reconstruction through
Community Approach Project/JICA
The MANRECAP/JICA Project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency commenced its project activities in April 2004 and the total cost of the Project is Rs 210.235 Million. The duration of the Project is four years. The Project is implemented in ten Focal Villages - five in the Cleared and the balance five in the Un-cleared Areas with 1,000 households. The main concept of the Project is empowerment and community development.
D North East Housing Rehabilitation Programme
24 Villages in Mannar, Nanaddan and Musali Divisions were identified for the Implementation of NEHRP II. 325 beneficiaries were selected and each was granted a sum of Rs 250,000/= on instalments for the rehabilitation of their damaged houses. 318 Beneficiaries had completed their houses and in occupation while the balance 07 had left the country to India in view of the security situation in the District.
A Training Programme on Masonry was conducted in Nanaddan DS Division and there were 30 Participants.
10 Training Programme
The following Training Programme were conducted in collaboration with the Public Service Training Institute of the Ministry of Home Affairs
The Training Programme for the Officers absorbed into the Public Management Assistants’ Service was held on 04, 05, & 06 May 2006 and 40 Officers participated.
The Training Programme for Grama Niladharies was held on 30 November 2006, 01 December 2006.
