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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 10.30 GMT |
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BOI grabs wind
power
Dry port &
housing too |
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The
Board of
Investment
of Sri
Lanka
granted
investment
approval
to four
companies
for
investments
worth US
$ 68
million.
Two
investment
agreements
worth US
$ 37
million
were
signed
with two
companies
to set
up two
wind
power
plants
at
Vidatamunai
and
Seguwantivu
in
Puttalam
respectively.
The two
wind
power
plants
will
supply
20
megawatts
of power
to the
national
grid.
The
ventures
will
utilize
13 and
12 wind
turbines
imported
from
Spain at
Vidatamunai
and
Seguwantivu
respectively.
The BOI
also
signed
agreements
worth US
$ 6.5
million
with two
companies
to
construct
and
operate
a dry
port at
Orugodawatta.
The
venture
will
provide
facilities
for the
Sri
Lanka
Customs
to
examine
all
inbound
cargo
from the
terminal.
The
companies
will
provide
railway
infrastructure
to
transport
cargo
from the
Colombo
port to
the
terminal.
It will
be
constructed
in a 10
acre
land and
will
provide
facilities
to
examine
250
containers
at any
given
time.
Another
agreement
signed
with a
company
to
construct
a
residential
complex
at
Rajagiriya.
It is an
investment
of US $
25
million
sponsored
by
investors
from
Iran.
The
complex
will
include
240
apartments
in 3
towers
constructed
in a 180
perch
land.
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