MASL signs MoU with Japan Water Agency

The Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka signed a MoU with the Japan Water Agency, a leading institution of the Government of Japan, on the Twinning Program to exchange personnel from their regular staff to strengthen the capacity of Integrated Water Resources Management through continuous sharing of information and experience.

Eng. Ivan de Silva, Director General of the Mahaweli Authority and Toshiki Aoyama, President of the Japan Water Agency and Dr. Ir. Mochammad Amron, Chairperson of NARBO signed the MoU in Singapore recently.

Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services and T. M. Abeywickrama, Secretary to the Ministry approved this new initiative of MASL. Eng. Sudharma Elakanda will act as the program coordinator for the twinning arrangement.

According to the MoU the Mahaweli Authority will send three officers from their regular staff to JWA to work with them for three weeks and JWA will follow the same practice and send their regular official to share experience with MASL.

As a first step JWA has already planned to send their three senior engineers to MASL shortly.