Development expansion in South:

Hydro Power station to be set up in Hambantota

Bandula Gunasena Malimbada group corr

All preliminary arrangements have now been finalised to set up a new Hydro Power station which will increase the power supply of the national grid as part of the development expansion projects in the country.

In this connection, the first Hydro Power station in the South will be set up soon at Katuwana in the Hambantota District, confirmed Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.

The new power station which will come up in the Keselwatta area in Katuwana in Hambantota, will be constructed at a cost of Rs. 250 million.

On completion of installation work and with the commissioning of the project, the Hydro Power station is expected to add 6.5 mega watts to the national grid, thereby contributing to the infrastructure development process in the country.

It has been estimated that over 200 indirect employment avenues and six direct employment avenues will be generated with the work being completed on the new power generation project. According to the Katuwana Pradeshiya Sabha, the project will come up as a special proposal made by Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.

It had earlier been pointed out that such electricity power generation was a necessity to cater to the large scale development projects in the district.