Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project commissioned

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi jointly commissioned the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project (UOMDP) today(24).

With the commissioning of the Uma Oya project 290GWh of electricity will be added annually to the National Grid while 39million cubic meters of water will be released to Monaragala and Hambantota.