Japan to build coal power plant in Sri Lanka - Mr Ganegala
Mr WP Ganegala, Ceylon Electricity Board chairman, said that Sri Lanka’s latest coal power plant will be set up in the Southern Province with Japanese assistance. The plant, expected to generate 500MW of power, would cost USD 500 million.
Mr Ganegala said that a location had not yet been selected and surveys were underway. He said that work on the project was expected to begin by the end of this year and it would be completed in one and half years.
He said that Japan had made the offer when President Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa visited that country in March.
Meanwhile, this project comes as controversy rages over India’s proposed coal-power project in Sampur while the second phase of the crisis-ridden Norochcholai coal power project is due to be completed later this year..
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