Kanthale Division
Irrigation Engineer ,Kanthale whose office is located by the side of the Kanthale reservoir ,covers the area of three major tanks namely Kanthale , Vandrasen , Wan- ela and one medium tank ,called Peramaduwa.The total extent under these schemes is 22,530 acres. Mahaweli water feeds Kanthale and Vandrasan tank through Minneriya –Kanthale –Yodha Ela (MKYE)
The command area of Kanthale comes under three DSS divisions namely Kanthale Thampalakamam and Kinniya whereas the command area of the all other tanks are in Kanthale DS division. It is interesting to note that Peramadu tank falls under the Madirigiriya DS division in Polonnaruwa District and irrigable area under DS ,Kanthale division.
a major disaster in the tank bund and LB sluice occurred, causing damage to life and property. The tank got breached in April 1986 in the location of the LB sluice. Repairs to the tank were done in record time of 2 years.
Irrigation Engineer ,Kanthale whose office is located by the side of the Kanthale reservoir ,covers the area of three major tanks namely Kanthale , Vandrasen , Wan- ela and one medium tank ,called Peramaduwa.The total extent under these schemes is 22,530 acres. Mahaweli water feeds Kanthale and Vandrasan tank through Minneriya –Kanthale –Yodha Ela (MKYE)
The command area of Kanthale comes under three DSS divisions namely Kanthale Thampalakamam and Kinniya whereas the command area of the all other tanks are in Kanthale DS division. It is interesting to note that Peramadu tank falls under the Madirigiriya DS division in Polonnaruwa District and irrigable area under DS ,Kanthale division.
a major disaster in the tank bund and LB sluice occurred, causing damage to life and property. The tank got breached in April 1986 in the location of the LB sluice. Repairs to the tank were done in record time of 2 years.
Project management committee (PMC)
There is project management committee for the tank which makes all decisions in respect of the tank. It has representatives of Kanthale, Vendrasan and Wan Ela farmers. A project manager appointed by IMD functions in a separate office. Pre-kanna meetings are held before the cultivation meetings and these decisions are ratified by a Cultivation meeting held with GA as the chairman before each season. The Cultivation meeting held after obtaining the Cultivation dates from the Mahaweli Water panel meeting, normaly held 2-3 weeks ahead of the season.RDI ,IE,PM and famer representatives attend this meeting in Peradeniya.
TRINCOMALEE WATER SUPPLY
The water supply to Trincomalee Town and many suburbs area are from Kanthake tank. The water supply scheme was commissioned in 1984/85.There is no agreement between ID &NWS&DB on the extent of water that could drawn for domestic supply. The pumping details are never furnished also several request had been made by me. They behave as if they are independent. This creates problem in planning activities. They are gradually expanding their programme of abstraction, However for their on going Greater trinco water supply project the water intake sources is proposed to be extract directly from Mahawali River at up stream of Allai kanthalai bridge
There is project management committee for the tank which makes all decisions in respect of the tank. It has representatives of Kanthale, Vendrasan and Wan Ela farmers. A project manager appointed by IMD functions in a separate office. Pre-kanna meetings are held before the cultivation meetings and these decisions are ratified by a Cultivation meeting held with GA as the chairman before each season. The Cultivation meeting held after obtaining the Cultivation dates from the Mahaweli Water panel meeting, normaly held 2-3 weeks ahead of the season.RDI ,IE,PM and famer representatives attend this meeting in Peradeniya.
TRINCOMALEE WATER SUPPLY
The water supply to Trincomalee Town and many suburbs area are from Kanthake tank. The water supply scheme was commissioned in 1984/85.There is no agreement between ID &NWS&DB on the extent of water that could drawn for domestic supply. The pumping details are never furnished also several request had been made by me. They behave as if they are independent. This creates problem in planning activities. They are gradually expanding their programme of abstraction, However for their on going Greater trinco water supply project the water intake sources is proposed to be extract directly from Mahawali River at up stream of Allai kanthalai bridge