Sri Lankan-led Beijing firm to light up rural homes

By Bandula Sirimanna

A Sri Lankan domiciled in China since 1974 has stepped in to serve his motherland through a joint venture in solar powered light-emitting diode (LED) home and street lighting for low income villages in the remote regions of Sri Lanka specially in the North and East.

Raja Magasweran, Managing Director, of US funded U-Tron (Beijing) Electronics Co. Ltd. (U-Tron) who was on a short visit to Sri Lanka told the Business Times that his company will supply U-Tron LED products including solar panels, solar powered lights, Lucas LED streetlights, BatLED indoor and outdoor floodlights, traffic signal lights, Helios LED light bulbs, and Lucas retrofit bulbs etc.

  It will provide marketing, sales and maintenance services for of all U-Tron's LED products through its Sri Lankan partner Basil Leanage Enterprises (an engineering firm). Mr Magasweran, in China since going there for highest studies in 1974 as a scholarship recipient in the first batch of students selected under the China- Sri Lanka student exchange programme, said that Solar Home Lighting Systems (SHLS) can support small household loads and will be promoted and prioritized through rural financial institutions. These systems are one way to provide electricity to non-electrified and under-electrified rural households. He noted that this project will witness significant growth in the country especially in the North and East following the restoration of peace in the island.

 

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