The Government will embark on a massive program to reconstruct the country’s irrigation sector to encourage farmers to cultivate both in Yala and Maha seasons. Under the new water resources management program, the "Dahasak Maha Weu Program" will be expedited with the participation of farmer community to complete the rehabilitation of 10,000 tanks by 2020.
Under this program, about 200,000 acres will be provided with assured supply of water and increase in the cropping intensity of existing lands and productivity of new cultivable lands.