Ambassador Takahashi noted at the role of Local Government bodies and Provincial Councils is vital in catering the needs of these people accomodated in welfare centers. He also said a team from Chiba Prefecture, Japan with Noriaki Sanda, Akiro Doi and the other members of the JICA had worked tirelessly, visited Vavuniya and assisted in implementing this project for IDPs and it would improve the health conditions and empower the people in the North. 

Funds will also be used to improve roadside drains in the IDP camp sites. It is to be implemented soon by the Local Government and Provincial Council Ministry. 

Local Government and Provincial Council Minster Janaka Bandara Thennakoon said the Japanese Government and its people had always helped Sri Lanka whenever the need arose and this gesture was for an extraordinary problem that the government of Sri Lanka had to face suddenly with a large number of IDPs after the war.

The Japanese government was the highest single donor nation that had helped us to face the IDP problem so that we could ensure their well being and rehabilitation.