The Government has unveiled a new project to provide electricity to the North with the assistance from the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Japan.

Vavuniya–Kilinochchi–Chunnakam Power Transmission Line was inaugurated by Minister Basil Rajapaksa at a ceremony held recently in Kilinochchi.

The electricity supply will be extended in two phases, one from Vavuniya to Kilinochchi, and the other from Kilinochchi to Chunnakkam in Jaffna. The Vavuniya-Kilinochchi phase is funded by the Japanese government while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to fund the second phase of the project from Kilinochchi-Jaffna.

The project is expected to be completed in 2012. The project carried out under the 'Uthuru Wasanthaya' programme is estimated to cost 2 billion rupees.