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The Bowatenna Dam is a 100 ft (30 m) high gravity dam at Bowatenna, in Central Province of Sri Lanka. The dam was built in June 1981 , and is used primarily for irrigation . A 40 MW power station is also constructed 5,800 ft (1,800 m) downstream, for hydroelectric power generation.
The Victoria Dam on 15 April 2011, three days after its 26th anniversary of opening Randenigala Dam in 2013 Upstream view of the Kotmale Dam Open spillways of the Rajanganaya Dam. Irrigation dams with a length and height of more than 100 m (330 ft) and 10 m (33 ft) are listed, including all the state-run hydroelectric power stations.
Bowatenna Dam; Broadlands Dam; C. Canyon Dam (Sri Lanka) Castlereigh Dam; D. Deduru Oya Dam; Denawaka Ganga Mini Hydro Power Project; E. Erathna Mini Hydro Power ...
The main purposes of carrying out the program were the generation of hydroelectric power, controlling flood, making irrigation facilities for dry zone cultivation, settlement of landless and unemployed families by constructing and developing the physical and social infrastructure required for human habitation by using the waters of the Mahaweli River.
The Mahaweli River (Sinhala: මහවැලි ගඟ, literally "Great Sandy River"; Tamil: மகாவலி ஆறு [mahawali gangai]), [2] is a 335 km (208 mi) long river, ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka.
The dam creates the relatively small Rantembe Reservoir, which has a catchment area of 3,118 km 2 (1,204 sq mi), and a total capacity of 21,000,000 m 3 (740,000,000 cu ft). Water from the reservoir is channelled through the dam through a steel penstock to power the two 26- megawatt turbines .
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Budameru has a history of overflowing and inundating large swaths of farmlands and residential areas in Krishna district. [4] The farmers of Kolleru region have been demanding to divert Budameru with a canal to Krishna river and also build a reservoir over it.