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Rain clouds over a tank in Sri Lanka The tank cascade system ( Sinhala : එල්ලංගාව , romanized: ellaṅgāva ) is an ancient irrigation system spanning the island of Sri Lanka . It is a network of thousands of small irrigation tanks ( Sinhala : වැව , romanized: wewa ) draining to large reservoirs that store rainwater and ...
By the late 1960s the tank's bund was 2 mi (3 km) long and 24 ft (7 m) high whilst the tank's storage capacity was 35,300 acre⋅ft (43,541,909 m 3) and its water spread area was 3,150 acres (1,275 ha). [2] There was a 500 ft (152 m) spill on the left bank and two spills on the right bank - 1,200 ft (366 m) and 700 ft (213 m). [2]
[1] [7] The tank is now known as Kattukarai Kulam in Tamil. [9] Responsibility for the tank passed from the Public Works Department to the Department of Irrigation in 1900. [10] By the late 1960s the tank's bund was 4.5 mi (7 km) long and 10 ft 4 in (3 m) high whilst the tank's storage capacity was 26,600 acre⋅ft (32,810,617 m 3) and its ...
The newest district to be created was the Kilinochchi district in February 1984, [22] and the current constitution states that the territory of Sri Lanka consists of 25 administrative districts. These districts may be subdivided or amalgamated by a resolution of the Parliament of Sri Lanka .
The tank was created by joining up two low lying swamps of the Kanakarayan Aru. [4] Construction was carried out manually and the labourers were housed in a new colony - present day Kilinochchi. [2] [3] The tank cost Rs. 194,000 to construct. [2] The tank's name was derived from the Tamil words for two (iranai) and pond (madu). [4]
Kantalai (Sinhala: කන්තලේ, romanized: Kantalē; Tamil: கந்தளாய், romanized: Kantaḷāy) is a town in the Trincomalee District in eastern Sri Lanka. The town is located 38 km (24 mi) south-west of Trincomalee.
Being one of main storages in the Mahaweli Irrigation Scheme since 1976, the tank serves to the population in the North Central Sri Lanka. [7] It is used for fresh water fishing and the flora, specially the grasses in its valley, is the main sources of silage for the herds of cattle in the area. [1]
Nachchaduwa wewa (Also known as Mahadaragala Reservoir) [1] is a reservoir near Thammannakulama, Sri Lanka. The reservoir is used to store water brings from Kala Wewa through Yoda Ela channel. [2] [3] The reservoir was severely damaged in 1957 flood and the restoration of the tank was completed in 1958. [4]