Adani Green Energy Sri Lanka has reportedly informed the Ministry of Energy that it is willing to proceed with the Mannar wind power project, subject to previously obtained approvals.

Adani Green Energy Sri Lanka is said to have informed that it expects to implement this 484-megawatt power project using state-of-the-art technology and to develop the associated transmission system.

The company stated that the prices for renewable energy were also approved after more than two years of negotiations.

It added that it was patiently waiting for the formalization of the government decisions, however, in the absence of any formal communication, it decided to opt out of the project.

Adani Green Energy had previously informed the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka in a letter that it had decided to withdraw from this billion-dollar wind energy project.

On 2 January 2025, the new government decided to re-evaluate the fees approved by the Cabinet of Sri Lanka in May 2024.

Although Sri Lankan authorities had agreed in May 2024 to purchase electricity from these wind power projects, which were scheduled to be constructed in the Pooneryn and Mannar areas, at a price of US$0.0826 per kilowatt-hour, the government’s review was prompted by allegations from various parties that smaller renewable projects were already providing electricity at lower prices.

In addition, environmentalists had also raised many concerns regarding these projects.

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Several spells of rain are expected in the Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Uva, and Southern provinces, as well as in the Matale and Nuwara Eliya districts.

The Department of Meteorology announces that scattered showers or thundershowers are likely in other areas during the evening or night.

Rainfall exceeding 75 mm may occur in some areas of the Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-Western provinces.

The public is advised to take necessary precautions against temporary strong winds and lightning associated with thunderstorms.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has decided to stage an island-wide strike today (March 12), in protest against the rape of a female doctor who was on duty at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital yesterday.

The union has announced that the one-day symbolic strike will commence at 8:00 a.m. today.

Accordingly, the relevant strike will be in effect from 8.00 am today until 8.00 am tomorrow (March 13).

Despite the strike, the GMOA emphasized that measures have been taken to ensure that emergency medical services remain uninterrupted.

Furthermore, the association has decided not to implement the strike at pediatric hospitals, maternity hospitals, renal treatment units, the National Institute of Mental Health, and military hospitals.