National Water Trust to make projects community-based

Priyanka KURUGALA

Water Supply and Drainage Ministry Secretary and National Water Trust chairman Amarananda Abegunasekera told the Daily News the Water Supply and Drainage Ministry established the National Water Trust to make countrywide water supply projects community-based.

Already 3,600 Community based water supply projects are activated throughout the country.

“Community based water supply projects have been initiated in the Hambantota, Matara, Ratnapura, Badulla, Colombo, Gampaha and Anuradhapura with Treasury funds. The Treasury has allocated Rs. 50 million for payment of salaries and other activities for the current year,” he said.