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Whereas the agriculture of Fertile Crescent arose from stored water in low bottomland soil, and the agriculture of ancient Egypt was dependent on retained Nile River flood waters, ancient Sri Lankans used a chain of reservoir systems as their water source. Sri Lanka has been called a "hydraulic civilization."
The earliest examples of irrigation works in Sri Lanka date from about 430 BCE, during the reign of King Pandukabhaya, and were under continuous development for the next thousand years. In addition to constructing underground canals , the Sinhalese were the first to build completely artificial reservoirs to store water , referred to as tanks ...
The Upper Kotmale Dam (also known as the Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project, or UKHP) is located in Talawakele, within the Nuwara Eliya District, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The dam feeds the third largest hydroelectric power station in the country.
The maiden water release of the dam was in January 2017. [3] Morgahakanda/Kaluganga project is the last of the Great Mahaveli project [4] The larger combined project involves the construction of the Moragahakanda Dam and Reservoir, along with the separate Kalu Ganga Dam and Reservoir, for irrigation and power generation purposes. Both these ...
To implement the project plan in the balance areas proposed by the Master plan and also Gazetted areas, the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka was established in 1979 by an Act of Parliament with a mandate. [5] [6] By the end of 1995, all the headworks of the AMP had been completed and were functioning.
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The Kotmale Dam is a large hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Kotmale, Sri Lanka.The dam generates power from three 67 MW turbines, with a total installed capacity to 201 MW, making it the second largest hydroelectric power station in Sri Lanka.
[11] [12] In 1983 the Sri Lankan government approved the completion of the project but the outbreak of the Sri Lankan Civil War put an end to the plans. [ 13 ] In 2006 the Sri Lankan government developed a new plan to supply water to Jaffna peninsula, the Jaffna and Kilinochchi Water Supply and Sanitation Project, which involved drawing water ...