Three more Reverse Osmosis plants declared open for community use
 

The Sri Lanka Navy has been implementing several community service projects under the visionary leadership of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne. As part of that initiative, the Navy has been installing Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants in areas which are prone to renal disease and facilitating the civilian population with safe drinking water. Accordingly, 3 more RO plants were declared open today (20) at the village of Katiyawa Tack 1 in Thalawa, Galgitiyagama in Polpithigama and the Naval Base SLNS Shiksha in Poonewa

Incidentally; over 325 and 720 families respectively from the villages of Katiyawa and Galgitiyagama are now blessed with safe drinking water due to the recent installation of RO facilities. Meanwhile the RO system set up at SLNS Shiksha is capable of processing safe drinking water for 1,076 naval personnel attached to the base. The financial assistance needed for Thalawa and Polpithigama projects was given by the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of Kidney Diseases.

The Sri Lanka Navy’s Research and Development Unit launched this magnanimous community service initiative utilizing their technological know-how and expertise and had been successful in producing low-budget RO plants in short period of time. The Navy installed a total of 105 RO facilities across the country thus far facilitating 47,855 families and 40,600 school children with safe drinking water. The undying attitude of the Navy towards the installation of more RO facilities in different parts of the country will predominantly contribute to eradicate the renal disease from the country.