Power supply to Northern Sri Lanka under 'Uthuru Wasanthaya'

Friday, April 3, 2009, 14:24 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has taken measures to provide power supply to every village in the North under a program called 'Uthuru Wasanthaya' (Northern Spring).

Issuing a press release Power and Energy Ministry said they would first reconstruct all the transformers, power cable systems, and electricity sub-stations destroyed by the LTTE.

According to the Ministry the power supply between Omanthai and Mankulam has already commenced after nearly 20 years following the liberation of these areas by the government forces.

The Ministry hopes to extend the power supply along the A-9 Jaffna - Kandy highway in near future.

Sri Lanka government has spent nearly Rs. 210 million to provide the power supply on Mankulam and some recently liberated areas in Vavuniya, Power and Energy Ministry said.

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