Sri Lanka Plans Reservoir Project

The Sri Lankan Government is planning a LKR2500m ($22m) Rambukkan Oya Reservoir Project to improve irrigation and water supply in the Ampara district.

The proposed reservoir will hold 56 million cubic metres of water and irrigate 3,500 acres of land.

The government expects the project to be completed in 2012 and benefit 2,000 farmers in the district.

It has also allocated LKR127m ($1m) for a study to identify the aquifer system of the coastal zone from Colombo to Negombo to alleviate water woes.