Sri Lankan engineers build a hydro power plant for Uganda

Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:23 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Feb 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy announced that the experienced Sri Lankan engineers had assisted Uganda to set up a hydro power plant in that country.
The US$ 26 million new hydro power plant located 305 kilometers away from the country's capital city Kampala was opened by Uganda's Energy Minister Simon D'ujanga, media reports said.
The plant, commissioned earlier this month, is known as "Mpanga Hydro Power plant" and consists of a 103 meter long tunnel and 3 turbines.
Around 200 Sri Lankans consisting of engineers and skilled workers of Sri Lanka's VS Hydro (Pvt) limited handed the construction.