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Posted on February 7th, 2021
By Garvin Karunaratne former G.A.Matara
President Gotabhaya deserves a bouquet for his new programme Waari
Saubhagya which commenced today(6/2), with the restoration of Mahameegasweva in
the Palugasweva area of the Anuradhapura District.
The restoration of the tanks
in NuwaraKalaviya is an urgent need and it is a great feat to restore the
tanks, the life blood of the people. In fact when I saw the D8 bulldozers-
moving the earth in the tank bed at Mahameegasweva this morning on the
Television, in nostalgia, I happily relived my days in 1963 when as Assistant
Commissioner of Agrarian Services I was in charge of minor irrigation work in
Posted on February 5th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (February 05) inaugurated the construction work of the 28km-long ‘Irrigation Tunnel’ which will be the longest irrigation tunnel in South Asia upon completion.
The event took place at Palugaswewa in Anuradhapura, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
The tunnel will be built under the first phase of the North Central Province Maha Ela Project, in parallel to the ‘Waari Saubhagya’ (Irrigation Prosperity) programme to rehabilitate 5,000 tanks.
The North Central Province Maha Ela Project is being implemented as the 6th and final phase of the Mahaweli Development Scheme.
The objective of the project is to divert water from Moragahakanda and Kalu Ganga reservoirs to Rajarata.
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