Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2016-03-23

Implementation of a Waste Management Project in the Matara Municipal Council and the areas under the purview of the Matara Pradeshiya Sabha

- A project for establishing a centre for disposing waste in a proper manner and a plant for generating electricity power using bio-gas produced from waste, in Matara, Kotawila area, had been planned concurrent to the Deyata Kirula 2015, the National Development Exhibition. With the suspension of the Deyata Kirula, the National Development Exhibition, the project activities too came to a standstill. Therefore, the proposal made by H.E the president Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment, to implement the suspended Waste Management Project, expeditiously, for the purpose of solving the irregular waste disposal problem of Matara Municipal Council and the areas under the purview of the Matara Pradeshiya Sabha,with the assistance of the private sector, was approved by the Cabinet.