Project for Establishment of New Light Rail Transit System in Colombo

Country, Site Sri Lanka, Colombo Metropolitan Region
Project Outline The objectives of the Project are to alleviate traffic congestion, provide better connectivity and mitigate air pollution in the Western Region by constructing mass rapid transit system, thereby contributing to the economic and social development of the Western Region and improvement of urban environment.
Category A
Reason of
Categorization
The project falls into the railways sector under the JICA guidelines for environmental and social considerations(April 2010).
Latest Result of
Monitoring
·Latest Monitoring Report (December 2019) (PDF/236KB)
Past Results of
Monitoring
·Review Result of ESC Monitoring Report (May 2019) (PDF/1.22MB)
·Latest Monitoring Report (September 2019) (PDF/143KB)
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