Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka President visits Norochcholai Coal Power Plant

* Sri Lanka President visits Norochcholai Coal Power Plant
Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 09:00 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

July 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a surprise visit to the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant which is currently under construction.

A government official said that the President inspected the progress of the Coal Power Plant and held talks with the workers and the officials there.
Minister Milinda Moragoda, President's Secretary Lalith Weeratunga and other government officials also participated in the occasion.
Sri Lanka Minister of Power and Energy W. D. J. Seneviratne meanwhile, at the launching of Phase Two and Three of the coal power plant said the cost of electricity would be reduced with the establishment of the Power Plant
The Phase Two of the project is scheduled to be completed by 2012.

Picture by Sudath Silva

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