Annual Report 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Annual Report 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
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<strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> Sri Lanka > <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong>Successes in Mahinda Chintana – 2005Water: the lifeblood <strong>of</strong> Farming”Water <strong>of</strong> this valuable resources should be thepeople <strong>of</strong> this country.......I intend to present a nationalirrigation plan where the main rivers regional tanks,anicuts <strong>and</strong> water streams in villages will be connected.Dry l<strong>and</strong>s in the North, South, East <strong>and</strong> West will betransformed into fertile agricultural l<strong>and</strong>s...... It is myintention to complete 10,000 tank programmes <strong>and</strong>implement multipurpose irrigation schemes such asMoragahak<strong>and</strong>a, Uma Oya, North Central Main Canal,Deduru Oya, Menik Ganga, Kumbukkan Oya, Yan Oya,Hada Oya, Kirama Oya <strong>and</strong> Urawa.- Mahinda Chintana - 2005 page 43Water is Our Heritage <strong>and</strong> life”....we have already fully realized strategicimportance <strong>of</strong> water as a natural resource”Mahinda Chintana - <strong>2010</strong> page 42Priority Projects inMahinda Chintana - 2005 Achievements: 2006 - <strong>2010</strong>Menik ganga (Wheragala) reservoirTEC: Rs.2,200 million.Kekiri Obada Reservoir ( KiramaOya) TEC: Rs.445 mn.Moragahak<strong>and</strong>a & Kalugangareservoir (Kuwait, OPEC, Saudi,Japan, China) TEC: USD 557 million.Uma Oya Multipurpose irrigationscheme (Iran) TEC: USD 529 mn.Deduru Oya reservoir TEC: Rs.6,200 mn.Rambukkan Oya Reservoir TEC: Rs.2500 mn.Completed in 2009, benefiting 8000 farmer families (Extent 10,000 Ha.) inMoneragala, Hambantota Districts. Balance work will be completed with theinvolvement <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Wild Life.Completed in <strong>2010</strong>, benefiting 3,437 farmer families (Extent 2241 Ha.) inHambantota District.Construction is in Progress. Project was commenced in 2007 <strong>and</strong> will becompleted in 2016( Kaluganga in 2015 <strong>and</strong> Moragahak<strong>and</strong>a in 2016), benefitingnearly 81,422 Ha. <strong>of</strong> existing l<strong>and</strong>s within nine Mahaweli systems in Anuradhapura,Polonnaruwa <strong>and</strong> Trincomalee <strong>and</strong> Matale districts while generating 20 MW hydroPower.Construction <strong>of</strong> Moragahak<strong>and</strong>a saddle dam No.II is nearly completed utilizinglocal funds. The work on a deviated road network, infra structure development forresettlement <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong> acquisition are in progress under Kaluganga reservoir in thesystem F area <strong>and</strong> Kaudulla development area spending Rs. 1, 215 million for <strong>2010</strong>.EIA has been completed on Kaluganga.Construction is in Progress. Project was commenced in 2009 <strong>and</strong> will becompleted in 2013, benefiting 12,000 farmilies in Badulla, Moneragala <strong>and</strong>Hambantota Districts while generating 120 MW Hydro Power. It is expected tocultivate 15,000 Acres (new extent 5000 Acres., existing extent 10,000 Acres.). Thefinancing agreement was signed in <strong>2010</strong> with the government <strong>of</strong> Iran.Construction is in Progress. Project will be completed in 2012.Trans basin diversion(Deduru Oya basin to Mi Oya basin) benefiting 6500 farmilies, Extent 11,000 Ha.,generating 1.5 MW Hydro PowerConstruction is in Progress. Project will be completed in 2012. Mundeni aru subriver basin: Extent 1400 Ha., 2000 farmilies.Contd...75
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