K. Nanayakkara of Keerthi Traders and J. M. Thirimanna of New Grand Distributors in Anuradhapura with V.M. Ravinthirakumar, Director-Tokyo Eastern Cement Co. /GM-Tokyo Cement Factory at the inauguration of Tokyo Cement Group’s Fountain of Life drinking water project in Siyambalagaswewa

Tokyo Cement Group recently expanded their ‘Fountain of Life’ projectby gifting purified drinking water facilities to the people of Siyambalagaswewa in Mihintale.  

The company installed a customised ‘Pure Hydro’ water purification system with Reverse Osmosis Technology, with an output capacity of 5000 litres a day, endowing the most precious giftof life onnearly 650 villagers in Siyambalagaswewa.  

This project aims to contribute towards the Government accomplish its mission to provide clean drinking water to every household in the island, as spelled out in the Vistas of Prosperity manifesto.

The Fountain of Life water purification project was declared open by V.M. Ravinthirakumar - Director, Tokyo Eastern Cement Company/General Manager, Tokyo Cement Factory, together with K. Nanayakkara of Keerthi Traders, Anuradhapura and J.M. Thirimanna of New Grand Distributors, Anuradhapura, representing the Tokyo Cement Group’s Dealer Network.

The Mihindu Grama Sanwardana Samithiya of Siyambalagaswewa, under the guidance of the Rural Development Department of North Central Provincial Council, extended their cooperation to Tokyo Cement Group to implement the project successfully.

S.R. Gnanam, Managing Director of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC, in a statement said, “We started the Fountain of Life project with a far-reaching vision of providing the most essential need for all living beings that is safe and pure drinking water.  

The project is implemented in selected rural parts of our country, where good quality water is critically important to save thousands of lives.  With the ‘Fountain of Life‘we will continue to extend our support to the government to achieve its goal to provide clean drinking water facility to every household by 2025”.

People of Siyambalagaswewa, whose key livelihood is based on chena cultivation and freshwater fishing in the famous Mahakandarawa Wewa, were struggling with many difficulties in accessing potable water.Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain origin (CKDu) had afflicted several residents of the village, while posing a great threat on the lives of the children and vulnerable groups of the community.  

Tokyo Cement Group worked in association with the Rural Development Department of North Central Provincial Council and the Siyambalagaswewa Village Development Society, to refurbish and replace an abandoned water schemewith a new and improved water purification system with RO capabilityas part of the joint initiative.  Thanks to the Fountain of Life project, 171 low-income families in Siyambalagaswewa will gain access to safe drinking water, ensuring the health and wellbeing of many generations to come.