page_title: Rantembe Dam
hierarchical_section_title: Rantembe Dam
caption_attribution_description: English: Upstream view of the Rantembe Dam, Sri Lanka.
context_page_description: The Rantembe Dam is a 52-megawatt hydroelectric gravity dam at Rantembe, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Construction of the dam began in January 1987, and was completed in April 1990 as scheduled. The dam was constructed by the German 'Joint Venture Randenigala'; a different German joint venture has built the Randenigala Dam, further upstream.
  Construction of the dam cost approximately Rs. 4.077 billion, of which 34.7% was funded by the Ceylon Electricity Board, with the majority of the remainder funded by Germany.
context_section_description: The Rantembe Dam is a 52-megawatt hydroelectric gravity dam at Rantembe, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Construction of the dam began in January 1987, and was completed in April 1990 as scheduled. The dam was constructed by the German 'Joint Venture Randenigala'; a different German joint venture has built the Randenigala Dam, further upstream.
  Construction of the dam cost approximately Rs. 4.077 billion (1990), of which 34.7% (Rs. 1.050 billion) was funded by the Ceylon Electricity Board, with the majority of the remainder funded by Germany.
caption: Upstream view of the Rantembe Dam
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