Heralding a new era in the in the Sri Lanka power sector [March 22 2011]

Shirajiv Sirimane

Heralding a new era in the in the Sri Lanka power sector the much awaited and long overdue Norocholai Power plant was opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa a this evening.

The Lak Vijaya plant which would be Sri Lanka's first coal fired plant would add 300 mega watts tot eh national grid at a cost of around Rs. 7. Under the second and this phase it would 900 MV tot eh national grid.