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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2014-07-03
Sale of Fly ash Produced from Unit 2 and Unit 3 of Lakvijaya Power Station Norochcholai

- Puttalam Coal Power Project Phase II - Unit 2 commenced its operations in April 2014 and expects its Unit 3 to be operational in September 2014. Fly ash generated continuously while operating these plants has to be disposed of and it can be used for the cement manufacturing process and other industrial activities in the industrial sector. Fly ash production per unit annually is 75,000 tons and a total of 150,000 tons per year will be produced from these two units. The recommendation made by the Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee to sell fly ash to five qualified companies, was approved by the Cabinet.