|
|
Article: Sri Lanka: ADB funding for Colombo's sewerage system.
- Article from:
- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: sandesh03
Colombo city's sewerage system facing collapse at several points in city built in 1920 for a population of 50,000 citizens has now to cope with 600,000 permanent residents plus another 600,000 who come into the city daily.
A project to modernize the sewerage system with an Asian Development Bank funding of US$ 116 million (Rs. 12.2 billion) is to be started during the current year, Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner (CMC) Badrani Jayawardene told the Daily News yesterday.
The old sewerage system designed in the previous century by the British has begun to collapse due to weaknesses in the system at different points due to ...