AKD Government revokes contentious 500 MW Adani wind power contract
The Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revoked a decision made by his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe in June last year to award a controversial 484 MW of wind power plants in Mannar and Pooneryn to Adani Green Energy SL Ltd.
The project was challenged on multiple grounds, including the arbitrary and excessive price of US cents 8.26 per kilowatt hour at a time when local bidders were offering prices as low as 4.88 cents.
Many environmental organisations, including the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society and Environmental Foundation Ltd., opposed the project owing to deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Assessment and because Mannar is a critical habitat for migratory birds. The local community, represented by the Bishop of Mannar too, vehemently opposed the project because of the harm to local industries and livelihoods.
කෙදිරි ගාන්න එප හුත්තො, රට වෙනුවෙන් වැඩ කරන ජනාදිපති හොරු වෙනුවෙන් නෙමෙ, හරි දැන් පලයන් ගිහින් මහින්දට ගෙවල් ඔන කියල උත්ගොසන කරන්න
