A ministerial subcommittee has been appointed to look into the issues arisen from the Uma Oya project in the Baddulla district, Co-Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said.
The subcommittee includes Ministers Mahinda Amaraweera, Patali Champika Ranawaka and Vijit Vijayamuni Zoysa.
Jayasekara was speaking at the Cabinet press briefing held at the Department of Government Information today.
“This project was initiated by the previous regime. Sri Lanka has taken a large volume of debts from Iran to this project.” Jayasekara said.
He also pointed out the adverse environmental conditions arising due to the project is mainly based on the machines being employed for the project.
“These machines are normally used in desert climates, ” he said.