SIEMENS - DIMO Consortium continues to enhance National Power Supply with CEB
SIEMENS - DIMO consortium recently signed agreement with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to embark on the Medium Voltage distribution sub project package 05 of the “National Transmission and Distribution Network Development and Efficiency Improvement Project” aimed at enhancing national power supply. The package 04 of the above project was also awarded to the SIEMENS-DIMO consortium during the 1st quarter of 2020.
The demand for electricity in Sri Lanka is growing at a rate of about 5- 6% per annum. Therefore, the generating sources as well as the transmission and distribution facilities have to be developed and strengthened in order to meet this growth in demand.
Director of DIMO Wijith Pushpawela stated, “DIMO is pleased to facilitate the National Transmission and Distribution Network Development and E ciency Improvement Project with the package 04 and 05. This is an important project in the nation‘ s infrastructure development agenda as it will immensely contribute towards a more efficient and reliable power supply within Sri Lanka.”
The agreement was signed between CEB and SIEMENS-DIMO consortium with the participation of Vijitha Herath – Chairman of CEB, Y.G.I. Saman Kumara - Vice Chairman of CEB, Eng. Rohan Seneviratne - Additional General Manager of Distribution Division 4 of CEB, Sarath Algama - Director of DIMO, Wijith Pushpawela - Director of DIMO and Prasad Palsokar - SIEMENS Country Manager for Sri Lanka. Ms. N. U. Perera - Deputy General Manager ( Planning & Development) Distribution Division 4, P. P. B. Samarasekara - Project Manager (GPDEEIIP-Tr2- Package 05) of CEB and Dasun Arandarage - Head of Power Engineering Projects of DIMO were also present at this occasion.