India inks deal with Sri Lanka

Colombo: The Institute for Construction Training and Development (ICTAD), Sri Lanka and India's Construction Industry Development Council (a collaboration of government of India and the Indian construction industry) have signed an agreement for rebuilding public and private infrastructure in northern Sri Lanka.

The pact will cover construction of buildings and utilities under the massive rehabilitation and reconstruction programme in the north.

The Indian Council, a New Delhi-based national institute on building and construction, will assist in the local building and construction works.

The project will be aimed at using the latest technologies to assist in the mass-scale construction of buildings and infrastructure in the north.