Power wheeling, mini grids, solution to rural electrification
The Ceylon Electricity Board incurs a monthly
loss of Rs. 480 per household through its rural electrification
schemes. The loss per month for one million households will be Rs.
480 million and Rs. 5,760 million per annum. As the number of
households increases the cost of electrification will surge to meet
the additional power generation, said Chairman Hydropower
International (Pvt) Ltd., Nishantha Nanayakkara.
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32% increase in desiccated coconut exports
Sri Lanka exported 15,871 tonnes of desiccated
coconut during the first six months of this year, valued at Rs. 8.5
billion as against 9,961 tonnes during the corresponding months of
2005, which brought in Rs. 7.4 billion according to the Customs.
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Value addition will boost tea industry
There is 36 percent value addition in Sri
Lanka's tea exports. Opportunities for development are over 65
percent. If the tea industry is to be vibrant and competitive it has
to focus on value addition, Chairman, Sri Lanka Tea Board, B.A.C.
Abeywardena said.
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