Irrigation projects in Mannar

The Minister of Ports and Aviation and Irrigation and Water Management, Chamal Rajapaksa recently inspected the progress of the accelerated program commenced by the Department of Irrigation to provide irrigation facilities to the Mannar District. The program was to provide irrigation facilities to 7,000 acres of land which had been abandoned for the past 20 years due to the terrorist activities in the area.

The program encompassed clearing the land and restoring the tanks and canal systems of the Musali area in the Mannar District.

Under this program the Department of Irrigation will clear and provide irrigation facilities for the cultivation of 1,700 acres of land in the coming Maha season while the total acreage of 7,000 will be made ready for cultivation prior to the 2010-2011 Maha cultivation season.