Sri Lanka government clears the Chinese energy project which is just 50 km off from Tamilnadu.



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Sri Lanka's position is very strategic in the Indian ocean. In recent decision by Sri Lanka's government to pull out of the East Container Terminal deal with India and japan is not the only challenge to New Delhi's interests emerging this year.

A week before reneging on the 2019 Colombo Port terminal agreement, Sri Lanka cleared a Chinese energy project in three islands off Jaffna peninsula that are barely 50km from the Tamilnadu coast.

On January 18, the Cabinet approved a proposal to involve Sinosoar-Etechwin Joint Venture in China to install ‘hybrid renewable energy systems’ in Nainativu, Delft or Neduntheevu, and Analaitivu, located in the Palk Bay. The islands are connected to the Jaffna peninsula by a limited ferry service, managed mostly by the Sri Lankan Navy.

The energy project is not the first instance of a Chinese role in northern infrastructure in Sri Lanka. In 2018, India voiced concern over China’s $300 million housing project for war-affected areas, accusing the Resettlement Ministry [of the former government] of holding an “opaque” bidding process. The project was eventually dropped.

-whatnotofficial