Performance Report – 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning

Table 9 - Action Matrix for irrigation SectorPolicy/strategy Activity Present Status Completion byWater resourcesdevelopmentUpgrading andmodernizationconveyance systemRehabilitation andmodernization ofhead worksMinor tankrehabilitationprogrammeInstitutional reformAugmentation ofreservoirs and tanksand river basingdiversion.Cleaning and desilting.Linings of the canals.Installation of moderngauging equipments.rehabilitation and themodernization of 48major damsExpedite therehabilitation of10000 Tanks.Merging ofinstitutions inirrigation sector into asingle body.32 percent of the waterwithdrawal is utilized.Main canals – 2746kms,Branch canals – 5848kms,D canals – 5033 kms,Feeder canals – 306kms, andField canals – 14350kms to be upgraded.There are 80 majordams which needimmediate repair.About 2000 tanks havebeen rehabilitated.At present sameactivity is repeated byseveral institutions.2015Increase thewater withdrawalto 34%.30% of the canalswill berehabilitated.32 dams will bemodernizedRehabilitation of5000 tanks.Completion by2020Increase thewaterwithdrawal to36%.70% of thecanals will berehabilitated.Modernizationof 80 dams willbe completed.Rehabilitation ofall 10,000 tanks.Establishment ofa singleinstitutionalbody.Table 10 Water Resources Development- Projects Implemented during 2010Policy Project/Programme Location Benefits CompletedbyNew water Deduru-Oya Reservoir Puttalum 8,515ha will be 2013resourcesdevelopmentProjectMoragahakanda &KurunegalaMataledevelopedDevelopment of 2015andKaluganga Reservoirsaround 86,000 hamanagement Development Projectof cultivablelands.Rambukkan Oya Project Ampara 2,000 ha will be 2012developed.Uma Oya Hydropower Moneragala 20,000 farmers. 2015Diversion ProjectHambantota Production of 90MW.Mahaweli System B (LB) Batticaloa 25,000 farm 2013Development Project. Trincomalee familiesYan Oya Development Pangurugas 3000 families will 2014Projectwewa, A’pura. benefitUrawa Diversion Matara 1800 ha will bedeveloped.2012152