President Ranil Wickramasinghe said that everyone should work together to build a country freed from bankruptcy and able to live with pride. The President mentioned this while participating in the inauguration of the “Asupini Ella Water Scheme” in Kegalle Aranayaka.
This water scheme was implemented under the financial allocation of 3,847 million rupees from the government and the loan assistance of 18,650 million rupees from the Dutch government, providing solutions to the drinking water problem in 135 village official domains belonging to Aranayak, Mawanella and Rambukkana divisional secretariats in Kegalle district.
Its construction started in 2018. A water treatment plant with a capacity of 21,000 cubic meters per day, 07 service reservoirs, a transmission pipe system of 37 km and a distribution pipe system of 120 km have been constructed under this. Under this project, around 169,000 people covering 52,300 families will have clean and safe drinking water facilities, under which 25,200 new water connections will be provided and 27,100 existing water connections will be improved. (Lankadeepa)
