Contract Signing for the Pottuvil Water Supply System
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| ICC executives V. S. Nagodavithana and Neilo De Mel sign the contract, with CH2M Hill’s Teny Mittal, Glenn Kerin, USAID’s Director Rebecca Cohn and Richard Edwards looking on. |
Colombo, August 01, 2007: On July 22, 2007 at the American Center in Colombo, International Construction Consortium Ltd (ICC), a major Sri Lankan construction firm, signed a $4,756,222 contract with the American firm CH2M Hill to build the wells, raw water line and water treatment plant for Pottuvil. This work is financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under their Tsunami Reconstruction Program.
This program focuses on assisting areas impacted by the 2004 tsunami, including Ampara District. This water supply facility complements the new Arugam Bay Bridge currently under construction linking Pottuvil with the resort area of Ulla. This project is undertaken in cooperation with the National Water Supply and Drainage Board and the International Federation of Red Crosses, which will finance the water distribution network. The work undertaken by ICC is expected to be completed in July 2008.