A National Water Supply and Drainage Board scheme drawing on the Nilwala river to serve 12 divisional secretariat areas in Matara and part of Hambantota. Its design-and-build contract was ended by mutual agreement in January 2023 at 93.4% progress, so the remaining works are still to be completed.
Key facts from the documents
- Intake 66,000 m³/day; treatment plant 33,000 m³/day in this stage; about 78 km of transmission and 200 km of distribution mains.
- Planned to reach a further 285,000 people by 2046 on top of the 284,808 served by the Matara–Mirissa scheme.
- Contract with Kolon–Samsung C&T JV started on 11 October 2017; funded by a Rs. 35 bn NDB loan and Rs. 4 bn from the government.
- The NWSDB project page records the mutual termination on 31 January 2023 after budget shortfalls.
How to take it further
Watch NWSDB tender notices for a contract to finish the remaining works.
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