Rs. 3,500 million drinking water scheme in Muttur
Mohammed Naalir
A water supply scheme costing Rs. 3,500 million is to be constructed
for the benefit of 50,000 families in the Muttur area.
Water Supply and Drainage Minister A. L. M. Athaullah laid the
foundation stone for the drinking water supply project, recently.
The Government jointly with the Asian Development Bank will share the
project's expenditure.
The proposed project will be completed within two years, Ministry
sources said. Meanwhile, the Minister opened a Water Supply and Drainage
Board Deputy General Manager's Office in Trincomalee.
The Government constructed the building with the financial assistance
of SEP Organisation in France. The SEP allocated Rs. 30 million for the
project and the Government Rs. 20 million.
Addressing the ceremony the Minister said the people in other parts
of the country should praise the unity in the Eastern Province. The
Tamil, Sinhala and Muslim communities in the province have been living
in peace and unity for decades. They are the symbol of ethnic unity, the
Minister said.
Athaullah said the nation should be thankful to President Mahinda
Rajapaksa for liberating the Eastern province from the LTTE and
implementing massive development projects.
He said in 1997, the Eastern province was merged with the North
without consulting the people in the province. Due to the merger, they
had to depend on the North to get their work done. President Mahinda
Rajapaksa demerged the Eastern province from the North and paved way to
develop the province.
The Eastern community gets their work done independently, he added. |