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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2012-08-22
Supply and Installation of Hydro - Meteorology Information System Dam Safety and Water Resources Planning Project
- this project is being implemented with the objective of establishing long term sustainable arrangement for operation and maintenance of large dams and improving water resources planning and is funded by the World Bank. The project includes the following:

* Component 1: Improvement of Dam Safety and Operational Efficiency; under this component, 32 major dams will be rehabilitated and basic safety facilities will be provided to an additional 48 major dams.

* Component 2: Upgrading and Modernization of Hydro-Meteorological Information System, and

* Component 3: Multi-sector Water Resources Planning which will produce a National Water Use Master Plan and detailed River Basin Management plans for Mahaweli and Mundeni Aru River Basins.

The proposal made by Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management, to award the above contract for a sum of Rs.352,289,472.00 plus Euro 2,274,565.74, as recommended by the Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee, was approved by the Cabinet. It was also observed that World Bank concurrence has been received for the award of this contract.