සංවර්ධන News

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Sri Lanka’s Cabinet writes off Hyatt Regency in Hambantota

Aug 18, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved shifting four billion rupees allocated for the Hyatt Regency project in Hambantota to the Grand Hyatt project in Colombo, effectively completing the write off of the Hambantota project.

“Although, 315 million rupees has been spent, constructions of the said hotel has not been commenced,” a statement on approved cabinet decisions said.

“Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Kabir Hashim, Minister of Public Enterprise Development, to use the funds allocated for Hyatt Regency in completion of the Grand Hyatt Colombo Hotel, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.”

The new government cancelled the Hyatt Regency project in Hambantota last year.

A sum of 18.5 billion rupees was invested by Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, Employees Provident Fund and Litro Gas Lanka Ltd in the equity of Canwill Holdings (Pvt) Ltd for the purpose of construction of Grand Hyatt Colombo Hotel through its fully owned subsidiary Sinolanka Hotels and Spa Pvt Ltd.

The constructions commenced in 2012, with approvals given by the former government. During its construction it was decided to invest 4 billion rupees in building another hotel called Hyatt Regency in Hambantota.

With 315 rupees million already spent, Minister Hashim wants the funds allocated for the Grand Hyatt Colombo Hotel, effectively completing the write off of the Hambantota project.

“It has also been decided to investigate on investing money of public enterprises in commercial ventures which are out of their basic objectives,” the statement added.

- http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/sri-lankas-cabinet-writes-off-hyatt-regency-in-hambantota/

 

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Colombo Port City to resume operations in October

The Colombo Port City will recommence operations in October this year, the project contractor China Harbour Engineering Company’s Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Liang Thow Ming said yesterday.

Renamed the Colombo International Financial City (CIFC), the project will have a total reclamation and infrastructure cost of approximately $ 15 billion, of which $ 1.4 billion will be for the base of the structure. This would include roads, parks, beaches as well as sewage, electrical and water systems.

Recommencement of the project will bring to life the massive 269 hectare reclamation works adjacent to the Business District of Colombo.

Liang said “the vision for the city is to generate 83,000 job opportunities, most of which will be high value jobs. We cannot at the moment quantify the number of indirect job opportunities the project will create but this is a project that requires a lot of extra manpower.”

CHEC, which is the contractor for the Financial City would be initially hiring about 5,000 people, the number they were to hire before the project was halted.

“What we are planning to build is a clean, modern city of international standards that will be very livable and sustainable,” Liang added.

- http://www.ft.lk/article/562205/Colombo-Port-City-to-resume-operations-in-October

 

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Sri Lanka wants to build 3,000MW of solar power in 10 years

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is planning to boost renewable energy to 70 percent of total by 2030 from the current 50 percent, building 3000 MW of solar power capacity in the country, Information Minister Gayantha Karunathilake said.

The cabinet has approved a proposal to given incentives to smaller power users as part of the plan.

Total renewable power which is already high at 50 percent, will be boosted to 60 percent by 2020, 70 percent by 2030, under a proposal to cabinet by the power minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Minister Karunathilake said.

By 2050 all energy will be made through renewable or 'indigenous' sources.

Sri Lanka will also build 600MW of wind power over the next 10 years.

The private sector has a special interest in generating solar power, the cabinet had been told.

Sri Lanka has a powerful and articulate renewable energy lobby which is pushing expensive and unreliable power which is exposed to the vagaries of weather uncertainties into the electricity system to extract profits, and forcing the utility to build stand by thermal power to compensate, critics have said.

Sri Lanka has a history of scuttling the cheapest generating plants identified and planned by the Ceylon Electricity Board and substituting high cost plants in their place.

A large of the renewable energy capacity however comes from large hydros, which are the cheapest and were built by the CEB itself with no outside lobbying. (Colombo/Aug18/2016)

- http://www.economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_wants_to_build_3,000MW_of_solar_power_in_10_years-3-5889-8.html

 

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Polgahawela Flyover Under Construction

Client: Centunion/Road Development Authority
Project Value: Rs.597.0 Million
Commencement: Apr 20, 2016
Completion: Aug 19, 2017

- http://www.accessengsl.com/project/bridges-flyovers/design-construction-of-polgahawela-flyover/

 

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Ganemulla Flyover Under Construction

Client: Centunion/Road Development Authority
Project Value: Rs.389.0 Million
Commencement: Apr 20, 2016
Completion: Jun 19, 2017

 

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බොරුව කියන්ඩ එපා බන් රාජගිරිය තියෙන්නෙ පොල්ගහවෙලද???? බලපන්කො උබ දුන්න ලින්ක් එකේ මැප් එක පෙන්නන්නෙ කොහෙද කියල බොරු කියල පච වෙන්ඩ එපා බන්,1600 මෙහෙම ඉරා ගන්ඩ එපා, මුහුද හත් ගවුවක් තියෙල අබුඩ නොගහ ඩිසයින් කරල ඉවර වෙලා හදන දවසට කියපන්කො,රාජගිරිය තියෙන්නෙ පොල්ගහවෙල කියල පච වෙන්ඩ එපා බන්.

මම දන්නව උබ සිරිකොතේ ඉදුල් කාල ඉන්න එකා කියල, උබට මොන වෙබ් සයිට්ද. ඔය Access engineeringල රාජගිරිය තියෙන තැන දන්නෙත් නැතුවද ඩිසයින් කරන්නෙ???ඔය බන් ටොන් පච කොට් වෙන තැන්,උබත් නිකන් මොඩ චූන් දෙන්ඩ එපා රාජ්ගිරියෙ මොකක් හරි හදනවනම් අපි දන්නෙ නැද්ද ,බොරු දාන්ඩ එපා බොරු,

ඒ මේ කො බන් උබ අර අඩබෙර් ගහපු රාජගිරියෙ ගුවන් පාලම?? මේ අදත් ගියා බන් අඩුම ගානෙ කලු ගල් කැල්ලක්වත් ගෙනල්ල දාල නැ, කවද්ද බන් වැඩ පටන් ගන්නෙ දැන් මාසයක් විතර නේද මුල් ගල පැල වෙයි හොදේ.

Rajagiriya Flyover Under Construction


Client: Centunion/Road Development Authority
Project Value: Rs.868.0 Million
Commencement: Jun 06, 2016
Completion: Dec 19, 2018

- http://www.accessengsl.com/project/bridges-flyovers/design-construction-of-rajagiriya-flyover/

 

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බස් රථ දහසකට පණ දෙන්න සූදානම්

ධාවනයට නුසුදුසු තත්වයේ පවතින බස් රථ දහසක් අලුත්වැඩියා කර යළි ධාවනයට එක් කිරීමට ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලය තීරණය කර ඇතැයි වාර්තාවේ.

එම මණ්ඩලයේ නියෝජ්‍ය සාමාන්‍යාධිකාරී කාර්මික බී.කේ ආරියරත්න මහතා සඳහන් කළේ වසර 15ට වඩා පැරණි බස් රථ දහසක් මෙලෙස අලුත්වැඩියා කිරීමට නියමිත බවයි.

මේ සඳහා රුපියල් මිලියන 3000ක මුදලක් වැයවන බවට තක්සේරු කර ඇත.

මේ අතර අලුත්වැඩියා කර භාවිතයට ගත නොහැකි මට්ටමේ තවත් බස් රථ 500ක් පවතින බවට හඳුනාගෙන ඇති බවද කාර්මික බී.කේ ආරියරත්න මහතා සඳහන් කර සිටියේය.

- http://www.sinhala.srilankamirror.com/news/item/15958-10-buses-relife

 

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Sri Lanka Seeks Further Cooperation with Huawei

Huawei does seem to be getting their fair share of the limelight these days, and with good reason too. During Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, prime minister of Sri Lanka’s visit to Huawei Headquarters, the prime minister witnessed the signing of a MoU on ICT cooperation between the Sri Lankan Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure and Huawei

The MoU demonstrates the Sri Lankan government’s commitment to furthering its cooperation with Huawei. In addition, the prime minister also visited Huawei’s new ICT industry exhibition hall and had a friendly meeting with Mr. Li Jinge, senior vice president, Huawei.

Read more:
http://www.readme.lk/sri-lanka-seeks-cooperation-huawei/

 

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කොළඹ නගරයේ ඉදිවන LRT ප්‍රවාහන පද්ධතිය සැලසුම් වෙන හැටි

මෙගාපොලිස් සැලසුම් යටතේ කොළඹ නගරයේ ඉදිවීමට නියමිත LRT ප්‍රවාහන පද්ධතිය පිළිබඳ සුවිශේෂී සම්මුඛ සාකච්චාවක් සඳහා මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය, ආචාර්ය ඩිමන්ත ද සිල්වා මහතා අද දෙරණ Biz සමඟ එක්විය.

LRT ප්‍රවාහන පද්ධතිවල ආරම්භය, විකාශනය හා වර්තමානයේ අද එහි තත්ත්වය පිළිබඳ වැදගත් කරුණු රැසක් ආචාර්ය ඩිමන්ත සිල්වා විසින් මෙහිදී පැහැදිලි කරන ලදී.

මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය, ආචාර්ය ඩිමන්ත ද සිල්වා මහතා සමඟ කළ සම්පූර්ණ සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාව පහතින් නැරඹිය හැකිය.

- http://biz.adaderana.lk/කොළඹ-නගරයේ-ඉදිවන-lrt-ප්‍රවාහ/

 

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ඉතින් මේ thread එකේ මම කොහෙවත් කියල තියනවද ඔය කියන පඹයෙකුටයි පොන්නයෙකුටයි පැරදිච්ච "වීර සූර වෙන්න රජා" මරා පටන්ගත්ත ඒවා මේකේ දාන්නේ නැහැ කියල.
වීර සූර වෙන්න රජා....

 

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Construction of 3 Bridges - Major Bridge Construction Projects of The National Road Network

Client: Wakachiku Construction Co.Ltd/RDA
Project Value: Rs. 3,40.8 Million
Commencement: Feb 16, 2016
Completion: Oct 15, 2016

B08 – Bridge No 15/2 on Galle – Baddegama Road – B128,
B06 – Bridge No 116/1 On Colombo – Galle – Hambantota – Wellawaya Road – A002
B10 – Bridge No 4/1 on Hakmana – Weella – Talahaganwaduwa Road – B142

- http://www.accessengsl.com/project/...uction-projects-of-the-national-road-network/

 

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Urban Regeneration Project - City of Colombo, Construction of 608 Housing Units for Government Servants at Borella

Client: Urban Development Authority
Project Value: Rs. 4,499.2 Million
Commencement: Dec 23, 2015
Completion: Dec 23, 2018

- http://www.accessengsl.com/project/...ing-units-for-government-servants-at-borella/

 

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Tourist arrivals hit all-time high in July

An elated Chinese tourist leaps in to the air for a picture by another tourist at Independence Square. There were 250,274 tourists from China in the first seven months of this year - Pic by Shehan Gunasekera​

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka hit an all-time high in July this year. The number of arrivals, which clocked 209,351, represented a growth of 19.1% compared to July last year and is the highest number recorded in a single month since records began in the sixties.

What is significant is that the July arrivals figure is higher than even the figure recorded last December, which is traditionally Sri Lanka’s highest grossing month in the tourism calendar. Last December too was a record at the time with 206,114 arrivals but the July performance has eclipsed this mark.

Minister of Tourism Development, Lands and Christian Religious Affairs John Amaratunga is elated with the latest data. “We are very happy that our efforts are paying off. Though many say that there is no visible campaign, the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Board has been quietly getting about its task and delivering the numbers,” he said.

Amaratunga said that a worldwide destination promotion campaign on a multi-media platform would be launched towards November this year. “This campaign will essentially target the high season traffic and will use digital platforms in a big way.”

According to data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) for the period January to July 2016, Western Europe has been the biggest contributor in terms of numbers generating 380,725 visitors. This region generated 321,472 visitors over the same period last year.

The second highest generating region was South Asia which is dominated by India with 283,689 visitors while the third highest generating region was East Asia dominated by China which produced 250,274 visitors during the period January to July 2016. Both of these markets have seen significant growth compared to the same period last year.

In terms of growth, according to country-specific data China with 163,473 visitors continues to show the highest growth in arrivals at 36.6% for the period January to July 2016. The second highest growth in arrivals has been from Australia with 38,657 visitors showing a growth rate of 19.8% followed by the UK with 110,649 visitors at 18.7%.

“We are happy to see growth all round especially in emerging markets like Australia which is very encouraging. We are on course to another record breaking year,” noted Amaratunga.

- http://www.ft.lk/article/562509/Tourist-arrivals-hit-all-time-high-in-July

 

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උතුරේ ධීවර කර්මාන්තය නඟා සිටුවීමට නව ව්‍යාපෘති රැසක්‌

ශිරාන් රණසිංහ

වසර තිහක යුදAධයෙන් බැට කෑ උතුරු පළාතේ ධීවර කර්මාන්තය නඟා සිටුවීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඉදිවන විශාලම ධීවර වරාය ඇතුළු නව ව්‍යාපෘති රැසක්‌ ආරම්භ කිරීමට රජය තීරණය කර ඇත.

ඊට සමගාමීව රුපියල් මිලියන 285 ක මුදලක්‌ වැය කර යාපනය කරෙයිනගර් හි බෝට්‌ටු යාන්ත්‍රාංගණයක්‌ ඉදිකිරීම ලබන 22 වැනිදා ධීවර ඇමැති මහින්ද අමරවීර මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ආරම්භ කෙරේ.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඉදිවෙන විශාලම ධීවර වරාය පේදුරුතුඩුවේ ඉදිකිරීමට නියමිතය.

මීට අමතරව මන්නාරමේ හෙක්‌ටයාර් දෙදහස්‌ පන්සියයක භූමි භාගයක ජල ජීවි වගා උද්‍යානයක්‌ ඉදිකිරීමටද නියමිතය.

වසර තිහක්‌ තිස්‌සේ යුද්ධයෙන් බැට කෑ උතුරේ ජනතාවට නව රැකියා අවස්‌ථා ඇති කරමින් ධීවර කර්මාන්තයට අදාළව ව්‍යාපෘති රැසක්‌ ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිත අතර එය ලබන 22 වැනිදා ඉදිකිරීම් ආරම්භ කරන කරෙයිනගර්හි බෝට්‌ටු යාන්ත්‍රාංගණයෙන් ඇරඹේ.

මෙම අවස්‌ථාවට ධීවර රාජ්‍ය ඇමති දිලිප් වෙදආරච්චි, උතුරු පළාත් ආණ්‌ඩුකාර රෙජිනෝල්aඩ් කුරේ, උතුරු පළාත් ප්‍රධාන ඇමති සී. විග්නේශ්වරන්, ළමා කටයුතු රාජ්‍ය ඇමැති විජයකලා මහේෂ්වරන් යන මහත්ම මහත්මීන්ද එක්‌වීමට නියමිතය.

- http://www.divaina.com/2016/08/19/news13.html

 

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NSBM Green University Town under construction

- http://maga.lk/portfolio-view/nsbm-green-university-town/

 

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Design and Construction of Jetty at Kapprathota

Client: Ministry of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources
Project Value: Rs. 470 Million
Commencement: Jul 27, 2015
Completion: Jul 27, 2016

- http://www.accessengsl.com/project/...ign-and-construction-of-jetty-at-kapprathota/

 

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දෙණියාය රෝහල හදන්න එක්සිම් බැංකුවේ අතහිත

දෙණියායේ මූලික රෝහලක් ගොඩනැගීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය ණය මුදල් ලබාදීමට තුර්කියේ එක්සිම් බැංකුව එකඟත්වය පළ කර ඇතැයි නීතිය හා සාමය සහ දක්ෂිණ සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශය පවසයි.

මෙම රෝහල ඇඳන් 600කින් සමන්විත වීමට නියමිතය.

දුෂ්කර පළාත් වල රෝහල් පහසුකම් ගොඩනැංවීම සඳහා සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශයේ වැඩපිළිවෙල යටතේ එම ප්‍රදේශයේ නව රෝහල් පහසුකම් ඇති කිරීම සඳහා එම බැංකුව විසින් මධ්‍යම කාලීන හෝ දීර්ඝ කාලීන ණය පහසුකම් ලබාදීමට නියමිතය.

මේ සඳහා සාධ්‍යතා අධ්‍යයනයක් සිදුකිරීමට එක්සිම් බැංකුව විසින් ලබාදුන් ව්‍යාපෘති යෝජනාවලියට මේ වන විට අනුමැතිය ලැබී තිබේ.

- http://www.sinhala.srilankamirror.c...h-exim-bank-to-fund-deniyaya-hospital-project

 

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Total doing EIA for Sri Lanka oil search

Aug 19, 2016 15:14 PM GMT+0530

ECONOMYNEXT – French oil major Total SA has begun the Environmental Impact Assessment in preparation for surveys for oil and gas deposits off Sri Lanka’s east coast, an official said.

“Total has just finalised their survey plan, selection of their seismic contractor and they are now in the process of doing the EIA,” Saliya Wickramasuriya, Director General of the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat (PRDS), told EconomyNext.com.

“Seismic surveys will start by November or December.”

The north-east monsoon conditions which are expected to begin around the same time will not impede the acquisition of seismic data, he said.

“For the seismic vessels involved and the way those streamers are deployed, our monsoon conditions are not an impediment.”

Total signed an agreement with the PRDS in February for exploration in the deep water JS5 and JS6 blocks off the east coast starting with a 2 D seismic survey.

The French oil major entered Sri Lanka after test wells drilled by Cairn India discovered gas deposits in two, proving the existence of petroleum systems in the Mannar Basin off the west coast.
(COLOMBO, August 19, 2016)

- http://www.economynext.com/Total_doing_EIA_for_Sri_Lanka_oil_search-3-5905-8.html

 

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