Second phase of Navy RO plant project commenced
 

Sri Lanka Navy, under the able leadership of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, conducts a wide range of community service projects for the benefit of needy population in different parts of the country. The installation of Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants is one of the many noble efforts of the Navy, implemented in areas where high prevalence of kidney disease is recorded. Commencing the second phase of this magnanimous effort, 6 RO plants installed at Sacred site of Okanda in Panama,  Kurundupitiya in Vavuniya, SLN Dockyard (2 units), SLNS Agbo and SLNS Gotaimbara were declared open yesterday (July, 22).

The financial provisions for these RO systems were made by the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease and Navy’s Social Responsibility Fund. The facilities are capable of processing safe drinking water for 625 families in respective localities. Meanwhile, the installations at naval bases will facilitate clear drinking water requirement of over 4,281 naval personnel attached to the respective bases.

As a result of the engineering excellence of the Naval Research and Development Unit, there are 236 such facilities installed in different parts of the country to date, facilitating over 112,416 families and 80,185 school children with safe drinking water. On realizing its social responsibility, the Navy is up to a task of erecting more RO systems in areas prone to kidney disease in due course.