NewsPresident Maithripala Sirisena speaking at an event in Nuwara Eliya said the government is considering seeking the assistance of foreign specialists to look into the possibility to take forward the Uma Oya project by preventing any further inconveniences to the people. “When the current government came to power, the possibility of halting this project was examined. Furthermore, we had to consider moving the project forward as a huge loan had been taken from the government of Iran for this project”, he added. President Sirisena said that he had discussions with local and foreign specialists about the actions to be taken now. He said a German specialist on mining has started investigations and another group of specialists will arrive in Sri Lanka to carry out further studies.

Source: Sunday Times June 30, 2017 01:41 UTC