Despite environmental concerns raised by the Sri Lanka Government on the proposed Sampur coal power plant, Sri Lanka is yet to officially inform India whether it is for coal or Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) replacing the project completely, a senior Indian official said.
Mr. Singh also stressed that a decision to switch to an LNG based plant would not be feasible for a country like Sri Lanka, where the price of gas in the world market is volatile and may cause further delay of up to 10 years to complete the project.
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