China sends Lanka Rs 30 mn for disaster relief

China has provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs 30 million to compensate for damage caused due to natural disasters from January to October this year, the government said on Saturday.

Furthermore, material assistance worth 10 million yuan is expected from China under the Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Programme, a statement from the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Sri Lanka saw two rounds of massive flooding this year with over two dozen deaths and displacement of more than 50,000 people across the country.

The Chinese financial assistance totaling approximately Rs 30 million has been forwarded to the Treasury, the PMD said. On October 30, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka had handed over USD 1,00,000 (approximately LKR 30 million) and relief material worth LKR 400 million as “aid on flood relief” to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.