Rs. 5025 m more for rural electrification

The Power and Energy Ministry has launched 2225 electrification projects at a cost of Rs. 5025 million to provide electricity to 15 percent of the population who are without this basic facility within the next three years.

All remaining power projects will be completed by 2012 and this will cost an additional sum of Rs. 1650 million, Ceylon Electricity Board stated.

There will also be 225 new projects under the Rural Electrification project number four while another 1000 such power projects will come under number 8 of the same project.

Under Uthuru Wasanthaya program there will be 400 projects and another 1000 new projects will come under accelerated power project in the country.