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“Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka on April 5, 2025,” President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced.
Mr. Dissanayake was delivering a statement in Parliament on Friday (March 21, 2025) when he announced the date for Mr. Modi’s visit, according to news portal Adaderana.lk.
As announced by Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath last week, Mr. Modi will arrive in Colombo to finalise agreements reached during President Dissanayake’s visit to Delhi last year.
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The President also told Parliament that the construction work on the Sampur Power Plant in the eastern port district of Trincomalee is scheduled to commence at the same time as the Indian PM’s visit. Mr. Dissanayake said Mr. Modi is visiting Sri Lanka owing to the stability of the country.
“Last month, Sri Lanka and India reached an agreement for setting up of solar power plants in the island country,” Health Minister Nalinda Jayathissa announced.
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“Consensus has been reached between the government of Sri Lanka and the government of India to establish solar power plants capacity of 50 Megawatt (stage 1) and 70 Megawatt (stage 2) at Sampur in Trincomalee on the basis of construction, ownership and operation by the Ceylon Electricity Board and National Thermal Power Corporation of India as a joint venture between two governments,” Mr. Jayathissa said.
Earlier, National Thermal Power Corporation of India was to construct a coal power plant at the same site. The new joint venture sees it being converted to a solar power station.
Published – March 22, 2025 11:56 am IST
