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by Deepal Warnakulasuriya Elections to Western, Southern, Central, North-Central, Uva and
Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councils concluded yesterday with no major
incidents. Most conspicuous feature of yesterday's election was the low
voter turn out with no polling queues most of the time, except in
plantation sector polling centres. Although over 9.5 million voters were
eligible to cast their votes at 7663 polling centres, the turn out was
between around 20 to 30 per cent during the first five hours of voting. 'No need to delay Norochcholai' by Shanika Sriyananda If commissioning of the Norochcholai Coal Power Project (NCPP) pushed
further, purchasing of power from the private sector is inevitable to
cater to the increasing demand for electricity, which grows at a rate of
10 percent annually, Power and Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha told
the 'Sunday Observer'. ADB grants US $ 12.5 million The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide emergency assistance
amounting to US$12.5 million to help rehabilitate transport infrastructure
damaged during severe flooding in southern Sri Lanka in May 2003. The
assistance will restore roads and bridges to pre-flood conditions in
worst-hit Galle, Hambantota, Kalutara, Matara and Ratnapura districts. 'Time to think about the peace process' by Ananth Palakidnar Senior Vice President of the Tamil National Alliance and
Batticaloa district Parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham reiterated that
the LTTE was committed to peace process and they would not violate the
Ceasefire Agreement or engage in any form of violence to disturb the peace
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