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Access Engineering PLC (AEL), Sri Lanka’s foremost civil engineering enterprise is nearing completion of the Anuradhapura North Water Supply Project (ANWSP) – Phase I, eyeing the end of March 2022 for completion.

Having begun construction of the project back in May 2018, the ANWSP aims to provide safe drinking water to residents in the Medawachchiya and Rambewa Divisional Secretary Divisions (DSD) in the Anuradhapura District.

The project is funded by JICA and implemented by the National Water Supply and Drainage Board where AEL serving as the main contractor.  AEL’s scope in the project includes the construction of Intake Facilities, Water Treatment Plants, Water Storage Structures, Mechanical, Electrical and Building Works in addition to building 03 ground r and 04 water towers in six locations; Mahakandarawewa, Rambewa, Madawachchiya, Issinbassagala, Ethakada and East Rambewa.

The Medawachchiya and Rambewa Divisional Secretary Divisions (DSD) in the Anuradhapura District has seen people depend on unsafe ground water which causes dental and skeletal fluorosis and tends to lead to Chronic Kidney Diseases. The ANWSP aims to provide a safe, potable water service which will directly enhance the quality of life of these communities which are subject to expand to over 115,000 people in the coming years.

Apart from carrying out construction work of the project, AEL conducted a CSR event by carrying out a tree planting programme at the Ukkulankulama Vidyalaya in Mihinthale by providing 250 saplings in its first stage. Furthermore, a library was also fully renovated by AEL on behalf of the Mahakandarawewa Primary School with necessary facilities being provided to equip the library for the betterment of the students in the area.