WAN ELA TANK
PERAMADUWA TANK
ACCESS
Proceed from Habarana to Trincomalee Along the A6 Road ,Turn right on 85th mile post junction to sugar factory road up to 1.00 km turn right then proceed to Peramaduwa road to a distance 7km to Peramaduwa tank.
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Peramaduwa Tank G/7(4.3 X 3.40)
Peramaduwa is a medium tank situated in the border of the district .The tank falls in the Medirigiriya DS division of NWP and thus farmers of Trincomalee and Polonnaruwa districts have been settled. Two hundred farmers (138 from Trincomalee and 62 from Polonnaruwa) are given 2 area of farm lot and 1 acre of highland. But Polonnaruwa farmers seldom stay there. There is a jungle Tract connecting peramaduwa to Medirigiriya. Although the command of the tank is 668 acres, people have been settled only in 400 acres and although the canal system is there for the balance area, no settlement has been done and the area is jungle. The tank capacity is 2004 ac.ft and not sufficient for doing full crop in both seasons and often Yala in reduced extent of 150-200 acres is done. The tank has a catchment of 13.5 sq.miles and as it is a very good contributory catchment tank spill every year .Proposals to raise the CO spill and bund by another 2ft (capacity of 3810 ac.ft) .In year 2008 crest level was raised by 1 ft under ISRP . With uncultivated land of 200 acres brought under cultivation.
Peramaduwa is a medium tank situated in the border of the district .The tank falls in the Medirigiriya DS division of NWP and thus farmers of Trincomalee and Polonnaruwa districts have been settled. Two hundred farmers (138 from Trincomalee and 62 from Polonnaruwa) are given 2 area of farm lot and 1 acre of highland. But Polonnaruwa farmers seldom stay there. There is a jungle Tract connecting peramaduwa to Medirigiriya. Although the command of the tank is 668 acres, people have been settled only in 400 acres and although the canal system is there for the balance area, no settlement has been done and the area is jungle. The tank capacity is 2004 ac.ft and not sufficient for doing full crop in both seasons and often Yala in reduced extent of 150-200 acres is done. The tank has a catchment of 13.5 sq.miles and as it is a very good contributory catchment tank spill every year .Proposals to raise the CO spill and bund by another 2ft (capacity of 3810 ac.ft) .In year 2008 crest level was raised by 1 ft under ISRP . With uncultivated land of 200 acres brought under cultivation.
Tank Data
- Co-Ordinate - G/7 ( 4.30 x 3.40 )
- Capacity - 2460 acft
- Specified Acreage - 668 Acs
- Area @ F.S.L - 410 Acs
- Head of Water. - 13.0 ft
- Spill - C.O. Spill
- Sluice - 1 No
- Catchment - 13.6 Sq.Miles