President & WB representatives inspect Nagalagam Street Pumping Station
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the World Bank representatives inspected the pumping station at Nagalagam Street in Colombo, yesterday (05).
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, when he was the Secretary to
the Ministry of Defence & Urban Development, planned the Metro Colombo
Urban Development Project in 2012.
It includes 55 sub- projects and the Nagalagam Street
Pumping Station is one of its sub-projects. The main objective of this
sub-project is to control floods in the city of Colombo and to avoid the
pollution caused by the depletion of water in the canals during the dry season.
Five pumps capable of discharging 30 cubic meters of water per second into the
Kelani River and two pumps capable of carrying 12 cubic meters of water per
second from the Kelani River into the canals have been installed at the pumping
station.
It also has two automatic locking doors and a control
system. The total cost of the project is US $ 321 million and the World Bank
has provided a concessional loan of US $ 213 million.
The Government of Sri Lanka has provided US $ 108 million for
this project. Project Director Mrs. A.H. Thushari explaining the progress of
the project to the President and the World Bank representatives said that
within the next few months the project will be completed. Simultaneously, 47 km
of roads will be developed in selected areas.
The project also includes the development of Viharamahadevi
Park, Crow Island Beach Park and Beddagana Wetland Park. Representatives of the
World Bank including World Bank’s Vice President for the South Asia Region,
Hartwig Schafer, State Ministers Nalaka Godahewa and Mohan P. de Silva and
officials participated on this occasion.
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