Indian and Sri Lankan officials have reviewed the construction progress of the Surgical Unit at the Teaching Hospital in Batticaloa today, the Indian High Commission said. The Project Steering Committee meeting on construction of the Surgical Unit was chaired by Indian Deputy High Commissioner Vinod K Jacob and was held in Colombo. The meeting was co-chaired by S. Janaka Sri Chandraguptha, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine. The meeting was conducted by Head of the Development Cooperation Wing of the Indian High Commission, Eldos Mathew Punnoose, First Secretary. Other participants included representatives from the Ministry of Health, Batticaloa Teaching Hospital, representatives of Malwatte Construction, Contractor of the Project and CECB, Consultant appointed for the project. The project is in continuation of Government of India’s people-oriented development cooperation partnership with Government of Sri Lanka, the High Commission said. It also said India’s overall commitment of development assistance to Sri Lanka stands at a total of around US$ 3.5 billion and among these, US$ 560 million is under grants.