Sri Lanka gets $19.7 million ADB loan
- From: Vol 1, Issue 10 (October 2000)
- Category: Brief
- Region: Asia
- Country: Sri Lanka
THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK is to lend Sri Lanka $19.7 million to improve water resources management in the capital, Colombo. The loan will help finance a project to strengthen institutional capacity and further develop the National Water Resources Authority (NWRA).
The government set up the authority to manage the country ’s worsening water supply situation. Prior to this, a variety of agencies each with its own agenda and set of objectives had been responsible for water resources.
In developing NWRA into an effective agency, the project will support two pilot studies in water resources management in the river basins of ...
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