Ice plant in Mullaitivu (ten ton per day)

Project number: 09-Stunami-2005
District: Mullaitivu
Target Group: Fishing families affected by the Tsunami in Mullaitivu district
Location: Mullaitivu

Outcome:
Fishing restored to normalcy of sorts – catching enough fish for local consumption and for marketing as iced fish to the rest of the country

Justification:
The coastal fisher families were devastated by Tsunami. 3,104 families were displaced to welfare centers. Most of these people lost their houses, all their possessions and one or more family members.

There are immediate needs for resettlement and income generative activities. For the time being they will depend on welfare centers for their meals and shelter but not for long. So we have to provide them with fishing gear and necessary equipment to restart their fishing activities.

Mullaitivu has been an important fishing area that has been not only meeting its local consumption needs but also marketing iced fish to the rest of the country. It lost its ice plant to the tsunami. This has to be urgently replaced. Once it is replaced the fishermen will be able to get back to their original level of fishing activities and thus, standard of living.

Objectives:
I) Increase fish production in the coastal and inland areas to carry out sustainable fishery.

ii) Improve the living standards of affected fishing families by Tsunami.

iii) Generating employment opportunities based on fish catch and by catch in post harvest handling and fishmeal production.

iv) Reducing the malnutrition among the general public of the district by providing cheap animal protein rich in essential amino acids.

v) Provide suitable awareness programmers to utilize the assistance properly in a well-managed fashion, as like co-management.

 Mode of intervention:
Providing fishing crafts, engines and fishing gears through the fishermen co-operative societies where one surety will be wife or mother of the recipient fishermen (or loans) Fishermen will be trained in recent fishing Technologies to exploit the deep-sea resources. We have to Introduction of saving habits among fishermen.

Activities:
Planning unit in kachchary department of fisheries, CBO and GS will participate to select the beneficiaries in the costal fishing families were affected by Tsunami in Mullaitivu district. Above those people joint together in a team and make this Ice factory in this district. And maintains will by the fishermen cooperative society.

Project cost :
Material for cool room paneled structure and refrigeration equipment 16,445,000.00

Insulation charges for panel structure and machinery, Including electrical switch gear and panel boards copper piping and line fittings gas charging 1,397,500.00

Supply and insole ware house to house the cool room/ processing factory structure and with suitable

Foundation work 3,126,500.00

Supply all necessary material and insole ice ware floor 1,105,000.00

Total cost of the project 22,074,000.00