President Rajapaksa inaugurates the construction work on the Norochcholaya Power Plant Phase II
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma – (Pix By : Sudath Silva)
The construction work on the Norochcholaya Coal Power Plant Phase II in the Puttalama District was inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 18th March. The contract was awarded to the China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation (CMEC), a Chinese Government owned company.
The total capacity of the power plant (Phase I, II & III) will be 900 Mega Watts and each phase will generate 300 MW of electricity. Phase I of the project is scheduled to be completed by November this year and it will add 300MW to the national grid and also build a jetty for coal handling, a transmission line from Norochcholaya to Veyangoda and substation at Veyangoda. It was implemented under the Chinese Preferential Buyer’s Credit loan of U$$ 300 million and a Buyer’s Credit loan U$$ 155 million, a concessionary loan.
The main objective of the project is to cater the increasing demand for electricity and also to supply steady and low cost electricity to the national grid. According to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) the Norochcholaya power plant is expected to be completed by 2013 and it will reduce electricity unit from Rs.11.00 to Rs.5.00 per unit.
However the government has already started to upgrade the Lakshapana, Ukuwela and other hydro power stations in the country and the Kerawalapitiya power plant also added 300MW to the national grid last week.
Representing Chinese Government, Ambassador of China for Sri Lanka Mrs Yang Xiuping was present at the ceremony. Ministers W.J.M. Senevirathne, Milroy Peiris, Niyomal Perera, Vice President of CMEC Mr. Hang Gang, Sri Lankan and Chinese engineers, higher officials of the Chinese Embassy and the Power & Energy Ministry also were present.
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The amount of development being delivered by President Mahinda Rajapaksa is astounding. His development record overtakes the development records of all Prime Ministers and Presidents put together, since 1948.
The western imperialists and the UN led by Mr Bungi Moon and Mrs Naveena Pillai call President Mahinda Rajapaksa a war criminal. Our fellow citizen and the former presidential candidate, Rtd General Fonseka calls President Mahinda Rajapaksa a rogue president.
It is only the 5.8 million citizens of Sri Lanka who voted for President Mahinda Rajapaksa who have recognised his potential.
We should support President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his vision to create a monolithic society where there are no minorities. Als the President’s wishes for a Medamulana Constitution should also come true.
I thank the japanese Govt for funding the Mannar Bridge. I hope they will continue to fund development in the North and East so that landless sinhala peasants from the South could be settled on the fertile lands in those areas. By doing this, Sri Lanka can deliver President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s vision of a monolithic society where there are no minorities.
Excellent sir. We kandyans were /are conered for some times. A very big thank you sir