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Measurements of area used in ancient Sri Lanka was a system derived from paddy agriculture. [6] Area was often measured in terms of the land that could be sown with a specific amount of seed or rice, including the Pǣla, Amuna, Kiriya (4 amunas), and the Riyana. In one region, a Kiriya was about 8 acres. [5]
The Rajanganaya Dam (sometimes called Rajangana) is an irrigation dam built across the Kala Oya river, at Rajanganaya, bordering the North Western and North Central provinces of Sri Lanka. The main concrete dam measures approximately 350 m (1,150 ft) and creates the Rajanganaya Reservoir, which has a catchment area of 76,863.60 hectares ...
His pioneering efforts and contributions in the areas of Pre-cast concrete, Pre-stressed concrete, alternate low cost construction material, ferro-cement boat building, applications of the Shell design theory in the construction are applied in several key engineering structures in Sri Lanka. [3]
More than 90% of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years. [6] The granulite facies rocks of the Highland Series (gneisses, sillimanite-graphite gneisses, quartzite, marbles, and some charnockites) make up most of the island and the amphibolite facies gneisses, granites, and granitic gneisses of the Vijayan Series occur in the eastern and ...
Sri Lanka is pockmarked with many irrigation dams, with its water resource distributed across nearly the entirety of the island for agricultural purposes via artificial canals and streams. Utilization of hydro resources for agricultural production dates back to the pre-Colonial era , with the current crop production now largely dependent on ...
Government of Sri Lanka: Headquarters: 150 Kirula road, Colombo 5 Employees: 5968 (2016) [1] Annual budget ... Toggle the table of contents. Survey Department of Sri ...
Kandawala (Sinhala: කඳවල, romanized: Kan̆davala, Tamil: கந்தவல, romanized: Kantavala) (also known as Kandawala - Negombo and Kandawala - Katana) is a suburb of the city of Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Access Engineering PLC is a Sri Lankan civil engineering company engaged in the construction industry and supply of construction-related services and materials. [2] The company is one of the constituents of the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index. [3] The company was founded in 2001, and in 2012 was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange.