Monthly Archive for June, 2008

“High-tech” bridge for Arugam Bay

Published on 30/06/2008 in From our own Correspondent, Money Matters and press coverage. 0 Comments

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COLOMBO: The Government will open the new Arugam Bay bridge connecting Pottuvil, Arugam Bay Cheap Quibron-t and Panama in the Eastern province, to the public from tomorrow (1st July, 2008).
The bridge constructed at a cost of US $ 10 million, will replace the old bridge over Arugam Bay which was severely damaged in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided financial assistance for the construction of the new state-of -the-art bridge which has been designed and built according to US technology.

According to the Highways Ministry, the new bridge which runs parallel to the old one, comprises two spans measuring 185 metres, and offers user-friendly features like protected pedestrian walkways. The project launched in August 2006 also includes 900 metres of paved access roadway and a water supply system for Arugam Bay.

A?a??A?We hope that the project will be a major boost for the fishing, agriculture and tourist industries in the areas and thus help the revival of the economy in the East,A?a??A? a Ministry spokesman said.

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A?a??E?RangaA?a??a??s Beach HutA?a??a??: Sun, sand and sea food

Published on 29/06/2008 in accomodation, Blogs, cabanas, From our own Correspondent, front page, guesthouse, press coverage, restaurants, the bay and wild life. 2 Comments
By Sanath Weerasuriya, Pix Nilan Maligaspe

 

The sunny golden beach of Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka’s East Coast is one of the top attractions in the Sri Lanka’s beach destinations. Arugam Bay, which is located 230 km East of Colombo, is one of the best surfing and tourist destinations in the world.

Though it is world famous, the most significant thing is the absent of star class hotel in the area. Out of popular surfing joints, Ranga’s Beach Hut stands tall among the visitors to the area. Ranga’s Beach Hut started its operation in 1989 with just a restaurant and two Cabanas. After all these years of terrorists threats and 2004 tsunami, the Hut developed into a popular seafood place and now with 7 Cabanas and six standard rooms.

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The resort is now in full operations and a massive refurbishment is under way to cater to the influx of tourists to Arugam Bay, after the liberation of East.

‘I am certain that the golden beaches of Arugam Bay will soon be another ‘Hikkaduwa’ and the arrivals have gone up since last few months’ said Ranga Krishnarajan, the proprietor with much hope.

The service at Ranga’s Beach Hut is homely. The food delicious, offering the catch of the day straight from the Bay beach, fish, jumbo prawns, king crabs, cuttlefish and lobsters are the name of the day. It makes up the mouth watering menu in addition to the usual Western and Eastern cuisine. Guests are also offered pure curd made of fresh milk available in plenty and fresh fruits at Arugam Bay.

Ranga’s Beach Hut offers a host of tourist attractions. It lies midway between two popular National Parks, Lahugala National Park and Kumana Bird Sanctuary, which is the eastern border of Yala National Park. Lahugala is only13 k.m. and Kumana Bird Sanctuary is only 30 km from Ranga’s Beach Hut.

A host of heritage sites and ruins dating back to the 5th century are in close proximity to the resort.
They are traditional Panama village, Magul Maha Viharaya Mudu Maha Viharaya and Kudumbi Gala Hermitage, the Oakande Rock and Hindu temple, which is said to be the spot where Sindbad the Sailor ended up after a ship wreck.

   

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Mosque Prayer Times for Arugam Bay

Published on 29/06/2008 in Blogs and press coverage. 0 Comments

Here are the prayer times valid for PottuVille and Arugam Bay
July 2008

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Prayer Schedule July / 2008
Day Date Fajr Sunrise Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha
1 Tue 4:35 5:51 12:07 3:34 6:23 7:34
2 Wed 4:36 5:51 12:07 3:34 6:23 7:34
3 Thu 4:36 5:51 12:07 3:34 6:23 7:34
4 Fri 4:36 5:51 12:07 3:34 6:23 7:34
5 Sat 4:36 5:51 12:08 3:34 6:23 7:34
6 Sun 4:37 5:52 12:08 3:34 6:23 7:35
7 Mon 4:37 5:52 12:08 3:34 6:23 7:35

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Surf & Fun

Published on 28/06/2008 in From our own Correspondent, front page, parties, people, press coverage, surf and the bay. 0 Comments

Best Destination: AbaY

Published on 28/06/2008 in Blogs, press coverage and the bay. 0 Comments

Friday, June 27, 2008

Arugam Bay – Surfers paradise voted WorldA?a??a??s Best Destination

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Buy ethionamide prothionamide Arugam Bay was awarded the Highly Commended Best Destination award at the World Travel Market Responsible Tourism Awards Ceremony at Excel in Docklands, London on 14th November 14, 2007. Out of the thousands of nominations received, Costa Rica and New Forest were the other two nominees.
Arugam Bay is classed among the top ten surfing destinations in the world. The village itself is a delightful experience. There are no big hotels. The community has developed tourism by dint of their own hard work and imagination.Three star establishments rub shoulders with low-key stilt cabins and coconut palm leaf cabanas, and tourists share the beach with local fishermen.The wild and rugged scenery, elephants meandering at the edge of the village, abundant birdlife, and mysterious archaeological sites have made this a long-time favourite destination for travellers.The three ethnic groups – Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims, work and live in harmony. The population of 3,000 families is made up mostly of small family managed hotels/guest houses and restaurants.

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Award for AbaY

Published on 27/06/2008 in Blogs, press coverage and the bay. 0 Comments

Arugam Bay – Surfer’s Paradise. Voted World’s best destination!
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Arugam Bay was awarded the Highly Commended Best Destination award at the World Travel Market Responsible Tourism Awards Ceremony at Excel in Docklands, London on 14th November 14, 2007. Out of the thousands of nominations received, Costa Rica and New Forest were the other two nominees.

Arugam Bay is classed among the top ten surfing destinations in the world. The village itself is a delightful experience. There are no big hotels. The community has developed tourism by dint of their own hard work and imagination.

Three star establishments rub shoulders with low-key stilt cabins and coconut palm leaf cabanas, and tourists share the beach with local fishermen.

The wild and rugged scenery, elephants meandering at the edge of the village, abundant birdlife, and mysterious archaeological sites have made this a long-time favourite destination for travellers.

The three ethnic groups – Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims, work and live in harmony. The population of 3,000 families is made up mostly of small family managed hotels/guest houses and restaurants.

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Arugam Bay Award

Published on 26/06/2008 in Blogs, front page, press coverage and the bay. 0 Comments

Family Health at Arugam Bay

Published on 23/06/2008 in Blogs, Money Matters and press coverage. 0 Comments

Family Health International Awarded USAID 'PROGRESS' Project To Improve Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programs in Developing Countries

USAID to Invest US $50 Million over a Five-Year Period to Improve Access and Availability to Family Planning

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 20 Where can i buy shatavari /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced that Family Health International (FHI) — a global public health and development organization — will lead a major family planning research project known as PROGRESS (Program Research for Strengthening Services).

The project will generate knowledge and awareness about family planning programs that can be adopted by health systems in developing countries. This initiative will focus on identifying the need for new or improved family planning methods for individuals and communities, providing increased access to contraceptive services, and strengthening the capabilities of health researchers — and those in a position to apply new knowledge — in developing countries. The goal is to improve the quality of reproductive health services by ensuring that programs around the world draw on the best available scientific evidence.

As the largest ever generation of young people enters their reproductive years, PROGRESS will play an important role in helping them reach their goals by making contraceptive methods more accessible and available. Some 150 million couples in the developing world say they would prefer to plan their births but are not currently using family planning. Ultimately, the aim of the project is to apply research to ensure longer, healthier lives for some of the world’s poorest women and children.

USAID has pledged up to US $50 million to this project, to be allocated over a five-year period. To ensure that research addresses the issues that are most important to the people who need these services, FHI will collaborate with researchers, program managers, and policymakers in governmental and non-governmental agencies in a number of countries.

“Scientific research can help governments and public health organizations figure out what works,” says Ward Cates, MD, MPH, President of Research at FHI. “The PROGRESS project encourages research that gives policymakers practical guidelines for things they can do to meet increasing demand and provide access to a variety of high quality family planning methods.”

Project Director of PROGRESS, Maggwa Baker Ndugga, MD, MS, agrees. “This project provides us with an important opportunity to reposition family planning as a major focus of international public health research,” he said. “One key goal is to improve the quality of reproductive health programs by implementing the best family planning research possible.”

USAID and FHI will select a set of “focus countries” for PROGRESS in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America for greater emphasis, but the effects of the knowledge generated will be wide reaching.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the vast majority of maternal deaths could be prevented if women had access to quality family planning and reproductive health services. More than half a million women die from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth every year, and approximately 10 million suffer related injury or infection.

The U.S. Agency for International Development administers the U.S. foreign assistance program providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 120 countries worldwide.

Family Health International: Family Health International (FHI) has been at the forefront of international public health initiatives since 1971. With a staff of 2,200 working in more than 65 countries, FHI manages innovative research and programs that address the most pressing health needs of the developing world — HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment; reproductive health; malaria; tuberculosis; avian influenza as well as other chronic and infectious diseases. This work is made possible by our close partnerships with our funding partners, host-country governments, non-governmental organizations, research institutions and universities, community- and faith-based groups, and private-sector organizations.

For more information, please contact:

Ms. Tae Crotty, Director of Communications, Reglan delivery 703.516.9779 ext. 231 or media@fhi.org

Website: http://www.fhi.org/

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http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20080620/DC2570820062008-1.html

Water for AbaY

Published on 23/06/2008 in Blogs, Money Matters and press coverage. 0 Comments

A water distribution project for the Ampara Districts of the Eastern Province is to get underway with the assistance of United States Agency for International Development Agency (USAID) and the international relief organization AmeriCares.A Memorandum of Understanding with regard to the project was signed between the two organizations on June 17.

The completed project will serve an estimated 2,400 inhabitants in the Arugam Bay Dapoxetine overnight delivery area by distributing clean and safe drinking water directly to the people.

Immediately following the 2004 tsunami the Government identified a number of sectors and specific projects in critical need of donor assistance and funding. One of the identified human health needs was the challenge of providing safe drinking water for several eastern region communities, including the Arugam Bay area. The wells serving this community were mostly open, which had been overtopped and polluted by the large waves when they hit the eastern shore.

The financial grant of one million US dollar provided by AmeriCares will be added to USAID’s already committed 6 million US dollar investment in wells, transmission lines, treatment plant and a large elevated storage tank to assure new safe water sources for the beneficiary community.

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Published on 23/06/2008 in From our own Correspondent, front page, Ideas, Share Transfer and taxis. 1 Comment
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Water for Arugam Bay

Published on 22/06/2008 in Blogs, Money Matters, press coverage and services. 0 Comments

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A water distribution project for the Ampara Districts of the Eastern Province is to get underway with the assistance of United States Agency for International Development Agency (USAID) and the international relief organization AmeriCares.

A Memorandum of Understanding with regard to the project was signed between the two organizations on June 17.

The completed project will serve an estimated 2,400 inhabitants in the Arugam Bay area by distributing clean and safe drinking water directly to the people.

Immediately following the 2004 tsunami the Government identified a number of sectors and specific projects in critical need of donor assistance and funding. One of the identified human health needs was the challenge of providing safe drinking water for several eastern region communities, including the Arugam Bay Cual es el generico de avapro area. The wells serving this community were mostly open, which had been overtopped and polluted by the large waves when they hit the eastern shore.

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About Arugam Pullu

Published on 21/06/2008 in Blogs and press coverage. 1 Comment

About Arugam Pullu(the Green Grass)

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The word A?a??A?ArugamA?a??A? is -as far as we know- fairly unique in the word.

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The above story from India was simply too good to ignore – although it has nothing to do with Arugam Bay.

A?a??A?But has it???
Maybe there is a connection:
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A?a??A?The God of knowledge and the remover of obstacles A?a??A?
And no matter what we call him/it:
The Bay, as well as the Nation as a whole would certainly welcome any such person, specially in such troubled, war timesA?a??A?
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About Arugam Pullu(the Green Grass)

Published on 20/06/2008 in Blogs and press coverage. 0 Comments

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A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A? The poor man and wife came to know that was Ganesha himself who came there.They got his vision.and were showered with wealth.Meanwhile the whole kingdom was becoming prosperous.The king came in search of the Brahmin and saw that was really Lord Ganesh who came to him to test him as he was not believing in God.Lord Ganesha told the king that to him even the green grass given with affection is more than enough than rich food.The king realeased his mistake and there after started believing in God.
A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A? Hi Ilanders this story is from Vinayaka pooranam. A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?


source:
http://kuttikuttikathaigal.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/06/20/About-Arugam-Pullu-the-Green-Grass.html

Editorial by webmistress
(on behalf of AbHa and www.arugam.info)
The above story was actually found by our automatic netfinder system.
The funny symbols on your screen mean that you don’t have Hindi language installed on the machine – no sweat!
We translated it for you.
The word “Arugam” is -as far as we know- fairly unique in the word.

Therefore, we are lucky to get very few wrong messages, i.e articles, places or events which do not refer to ‘our’ Arugam, Bay.
However, we decided to leave this ‘error’ post in its pace, in the long achieves of the period 2004- today which we covered.

Order midamor word t>Many stories have never been read, because they never made the front page of Arugam.info.
To improve readership, and to make things easy for everyone, we installed an email button on the right hand side.
Whenever ANY article is written and posted on our site: You will get a summary into your mail box.
The above story from India was simply too good to ignore – although it has nothing to do with Arugam Bay.…But has it???
Maybe there is a connection:
“Arugam”, Great Elephants, a Hindu god, the Green Bay and the Green Grass?
All on the beautiful East Coast of Sri Lanka, often mentioned as Tamil Home Land together with our island’s Northern parts.
What do you think?
Delete or post such articles and thoughts?

Post translated and edited on demand of the author by:
Your webmistress
Next post I am busy editing:

“Lucky Green Arugam Bay”
Further remark:
www.arugam.info always wishes to stay out of any religion, but at time it’s nice to learn something of other believers.
For example, Lord Ganesha stands for:
“The God of knowledge and the remover of obstacles “
And no matter what we call him/it:
The Bay, as well as the Nation as a whole would certainly welcome any such person, specially in such troubled, war times…
Ganesha (Sanskrit: A?A?a??A?A?A?A?A?a??A?A?A?; GaA?A?a??eA?a??a; listen (h

Water supply for Arugam Bay

Published on 19/06/2008 in From our own Correspondent, Money Matters, press coverage and the bay. 0 Comments

Fri, 2008-06-20 01:22Colombo, 20 June, (Asiantribune.com): Ceftin price walmart The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the international relief organization AmeriCares to fund the completion of a Water Distribution Network for the Ulla community in Ampara District. The completed project will serve an estimated 2,400 inhabitants in the Arugam Bay area by distributing clean and safe drinking water directly to the people.

Immediately following the 2004 tsunami, the Government of Sri Lanka identified a number of sectors and specific projects in critical need of donor assistance and funding. One of the identified human health needs was the challenge of providing safe drinking water for several eastern region communities, including the Arugam Bay Can i buy antabuse over the counter area. The wells serving this community were mostly open wells, which had been overtopped and polluted by the large waves when they hit the eastern shore.

The $1 million AmeriCares grant will now be added to USAID’s already committed $6 million investment in wells, transmission lines, treatment plant and a large elevated storage tank to assure new safe water sources for the Ulla community. This additional contribution will allow the National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWSDB) to work with the local users to connect the supply directly to their homes, schools and livelihoods, also benefiting the tourism-related businesses in famous Arugam Bay.

AmeriCares has worked in Sri Lanka since 2005, providing humanitarian assistance to tsunami-affected communities. With this signing of an MoU between USAID and AmeriCares, the American assistance to Sri Lanka will have a stronger impact as the two American organizations together invest American money to help Sri Lanka.

The new water treatment plant and distribution system have been designed in partnership with the National Water Supply & Drainage Board of Sri Lanka, which has offered invaluable input into the project.

– Asian Tribune –

source:
http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/11860

New bridge for Arugam Bay

Published on 18/06/2008 in Money Matters and press coverage. 0 Comments

Rajmi Manatunga

The Government will open the new Arugam Bay bridge connecting Pottuvil, Arugam Bay Bonnispaz order and Panama Order chloromycetin otic in the Eastern province from July 1. The bridge constructed at a cost of US $ 10.4 million, will replace the old bridge over Arugam Bay which was severely damaged in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided financial assistance for the construction of the new state – of – the – art bridge which has been designed and built according to US technology.

According to the Highways Ministry, the new bridge comprises two spans measuring 185 metres, and offers user-friendly features like protected pedestrian walkways.

source:

http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/06/18/news21.aspA?A?

Swell is UP! At Arugam Bay.

Published on 16/06/2008 in Blogs, From our own Correspondent, front page, Security & Safety, surf and the bay. 2 Comments

Arugam Bay at it’s Best: June 2008 Surf photos

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