India has provided assistance worth 203 million rupees to Sri Lanka for rebuilding the lives of war affected women and their families in the country's eastern province.Ashok K Kantha, the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka today said the assistance is very important as it would rebuild the lives of war affected women and their families. He said the objective of this assistance is economic empowerment of women by imparting employable livelihood skills, capacity building among war affected women in vocational trades and assistance in creating sustainable livelihood activities.Kantha said this is part of continued Indian assistance extended towards rehabilitation and reconstruction of Sri Lanka's former battle zones.