Friday, March 25, 2011

Sri Lanka to launch largest telecommunication tower

The Sri Lankan government plans to declare open a multipurpose transmission tower constructed in Kokavil in Northern Province before 10 April, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) has reported.

Kokavil was a centre of radio transmission for a long time but the area was under the control of Tamil Tiger rebels for many years before the Sri Lankan army took control last year.

The LTTE rebels captured the original tower and used to broadcast their clandestine transmissions before blowing it up when Sri Lankan troops closed in 2009.

ColomboPage quoted SLBC as reporting that plans had been made for President Mahinda Rajapaksa to preside over the opening ceremony.

Kokavil tower, the largest and the highest transmission tower in Sri Lanka, is 175 metres in height. Around 350 million rupees (US$3.1 million) have been spent on the construction of the tower.

The tower, which is Sri Lanka's first multi-channel broadcasting tower, will be allocated for the providers of services of high speed internet, radio, television, and telephone.

(Source : Asia-Pacific Broadcastint Union)

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