Kokavil transmission tower

Kokavil transmission tower (Tamil: கொக்காவில் தொலைத்தொடர்பு கோபுரம், romanized: Kokkāvil Tolaittoṭarpu Kōpuram; Sinhala: කොකාවිල් සම්ප්‍රේෂණ කුළුණ, romanized: Kokāvil Samprēṣaṇa Kuḷuṇa), often nicknamed Kokavil Tower, is a 174 m (571 ft) tall multi-functional transmission tower at Kokavil, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, which is used for television, radio and telecommunication transmissions as well as military communications.

Kokavil transmission tower was built in 1982 as a part of grant-aid provided by the Government of Japan.

It provided analog television transmission on VHF band of frequencies to the Northern part of the island beyond Vavuniya.

In 2006, it was bombed and destroyed by Sri Lankan Air Force.

[2][5] After the end of civil war, Government of Sri Lanka rebuilt the tower by spending 330 million Sri Lankan Rupees constructing it at a location closer to the original site.