Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2019-03-12

Awarding of the engineering procurement and construction contract of the Basnagoda Reservoir Project

- It has been proposed to implement the Basnagoda Reservoir Project as a part of the Gampaha, Attanagalla, Minuwangoda integrated water supply project implemented under the National Water Supply & Drainage Board, for the supply of drinking water and industrial water required for the areas of Gampaha, Attanagalla, Minuwangoda and Mirigama.
It has been planned to construct the Basnagoda reservoir by constructing a dam across the Basnagoda Oya which is a tributary of the Attanagalu Oya. It is designed to be constructed with a concrete dam of 2.5 m in height and 130 m in length for the storage of a water capacity of 3.5 million Cubic meters (MCM). Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. P. Harison, the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation and Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development, to award the Engineering Procurement and Construction contract to the Sinohydro Corporation Ltd. for a sum of Rs.2,347.4 million, in accordance with the recommendation of the Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee (CAPC), was approved by the Cabinet.