Kandy City Wastewater Management Project goes live

Japanese Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki this week attended the opening ceremony of the Kandy City Wastewater Management Project.

The ceremony was held online between Temple Trees and the newly-constructed Gannoruwa Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kandy and was attended by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Minister of Water Supply Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Central Province Governor Lalith U. Gamage and other Sri Lankan officials.

Japan has been supporting the water sector in the Kandy region since 2001 by building water supply facilities, including a water purification plant, and improving the drinking water coverage rate.

The construction of the sewage treatment plant and the sanitation facilities have been completed through a yen loan of approximately 14 billion yen, which was decided in March 2010, and the construction of door-to-door connections to each household is now underway, which is expected to improve the living and sanitation environment through sewage treatment. Ambassador Mizukoshi stated that this project assistance would indeed imply the beautiful merger of Sri Lankan tradition and Japanese technology, which stands as a great symbol of our historically close bilateral relations, as we prepare to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations next year.