COLOMBO – The Sri Lankan government is in discussions with various bodies to establish water supply to the island’s north through the ‘River for Jaffna’ policy, which was proposed by an engineer decades ago.
“There is an acute water shortage in the North. To mitigate this dangerous situation, we are in discussions on how to implement the ‘River for Jaffna’ project which was proposed by Professor Arumugam,” Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said in Parliament on Wednesday (8).
Gunawardena said that the government is in discussions with engineers, relevant specialist institutions and international bodies on how to implement the policy, and resolve the water supply and irrigation obstacles in the region.
Gunawardena pointed out that desalination was costly and would incur heavy prices for consumers.
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