Rs 2,500 million worth water projects in East
Chamikara WEERASINGHE
National water supply and Drainage Board yesterday announced they
have launched a Rs 2500 million water supply project in Muttur to cater
to the needs of 15,000 families as part of the government's program to
make water accessible to every citizen in the Eastern Province by 2015.
Board's Eastern Province Deputy General Manager M K Hapuarachchi
yesterday said the Muttur Water Supply Project is expected to cater to
the needs of hundreds of displaced families that have been resettled in
Muttur besides others who live in its townships and suburbs. .
The Asian Development Bank is funding the project. Hapuarachchi said,
"the ADB spends 80 percent of the Rs 2500 million project while the
government funds the rest. He said a couple of water projects are under
way to meet the water requirements of the people in the Trincomalee
district as at present.
There is a severe shortage of water in Trincomalee.
The project will address the problem. The worst affected Kinniya area
will be self-sufficient in water after the project's completion, he
said.
"We are planning to complete the project by mid 2012,he added.
A Japanese funded water project is going on in the Ampara district,"
said Hapuarachchi.
"Our target is to meet 40 percent of the water needs in the Eastern
Province with pipe borne water schemes by 2014," he said.
"We are taking steps to meet the water needs of the Eastern Province
with dug wells, tube wells and water pumps, in addition to providing
pipe borne water supply schemes," he added. |