Kolonna power schemes completed
The Kempane and Pepolwatuyaya rural electricity schemes in the
Kolonna electorate completed at a cost of Rs. 17 million under an ADB
loan scheme was commissioned by Power and Energy Minister W.D.J.
Seneviratne recently providing relief to nearly 500 families struggling
without electricity facilities for the past several years.
The Ministry in a release said this facility would be a great boon to
small and medium scale industrialists in the area.
The Ministry has now provided electricity facilities for nearly 81
per cent of the country's population.
A five year plan is being implemented to cater to another 19 per cent
of the balance population. The Ministry launched 7,400 new rural
electricity schemes last year of which 4,200 have already been
commissioned. |