Two units of the Uma Oya Hydro Power Plant will be at hand to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for power generation this year, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said.
This was conveyed to the Minister by “Farab”, the construction company of the Uma Oya Multipurpose Irrigation Facility in the course of a meeting held yesterday (May 18) at the Ministry with Dr. Ali Vakili, the Managing Director of “Farab”, the Project Manager of Uma Oya and other representatives of “Farab.”
Hence, Unit 01 will be within reach by August this year, while Unit 02 will be in September.
The Minister further mentioned that 120 Megawatts (MW) of hydropower will be added to the national grid once completed.
The Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project is being enforced by the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Management. The project is located in the Welimada area in Badulla District.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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