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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2014-04-03
Consulting Services for the Construction of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities Project in Sri Lanka under the EDCF Loan from Eximbank of Korea (EDCF L/A No. SRI - 21)

- the Government of Korea is providing a loan of Korean Won not exceeding the equivalent of US$ 33,536,000 to finance the above project and the counterpart funding of the Government of Sri Lanka for this project is US$ 8,350,000 and the project duration is 04 years. The sanitary landfills will be constructed in Keerikkulama in Anuradhapura, Monroviawatta in Hikkaduwa, Malamulla in Panadura and Gonadikawatta in Udunuwara and would serve as the cluster based common final disposal facility to dispose residual waste generated in the respective Local Authority areas. The proposal made by Hon. Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy, to award the tender for Consultancy Services of the above project, was approved by the Cabinet.