This community service project initiated with such a noble cause, marked yet another significant milestone with the opening of 200th RO plant by the Commander of the Navy at the Dambadawaththa Sri Sudarshanaramaya temple in Kurunegala on Friday (5th May).  

 The facility is capable of processing safe drinking water for 960 families residing in the area and it had been installed utilizing the generous monetary allocations made by the Sri Lanka Navy’s Social Responsibility Fund.

The Navy managed to install 56 RO plants at school premises to date and provide safe drinking water for over 75,000 school children. Moreover, the Navy had also set up these facilities in 11 districts across the country making way for more than 100,000 families in areas which are prone to this plight. This national cause has recently been recognized at the Japan Sri Lanka Technical and Cultural Association’s awards ceremony.

Stepping further ahead with the initiatives of the project, the Navy’s Research and Development Unit went on to produce a Sea Water Plant in a bid to address the drinking water crisis of needy population. Most importantly, they were also able to save a staggering amount of public money amounting to Rs 30 million allocated by the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease for RO plant production. Making use of the said money, the Research and Development Unit had produced solar-powered RO plants. Incidentally, the Navy had installed 15 solar-powered RO plants and hopes to set up 30 units in due course.

The Navy continues to install more RO facilities in areas where high prevalence of Kidney Disease is recorded and the initiative has become an integral part of the Kidney prevention program carried out by the government.