Rs. 60m invested for the project:

Korea helps dispose garbage

A Sanitary Garbage Retainer will be constructed for the first time in Sri Lanka at Waga in Avissawella electorate. This project is undertaken by the Central Environmental Authority and the National Garbage Management Programme with the financial assistance coming from the South Korean Government.

This huge project, once implemented, will solve the garbage problem faced by the local Government Authorities, namely Maharagama Urban Council, Seethawakapura UC and Pradeshiya Sabha and Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha.

The cost of the project is Rs. 60 million. Similar sanitary retainers are also to be constructed at Anuradhapura, Galle, Polonnaruwa, Kalutara, Kandy and Gampaha districts in the future.