It should be noted that the people in Northern Province depend on agriculture and fishing. Irrigation facilities are required to do various cultivation activities in the region. The people of this area did their cultivation with much difficulty during war times. But with the end of war in 2009, the things have changed a lot. People are provided with necessary irrigation facilities. Government has made arrangements to fulfill these requirements.
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The Iranamadu Irrigation Development Project (IIDP) is an integral part of the holistic arrangement for the transfer of water to Jaffna on the one hand and the rehabilitation of the downstream canal system as demanded by the target group population. This also aims at improving the Iranamadu reservoir bund and head works to increase the reservoir’s water holding capacity. |
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The Goal of the Project will be improved health and human development in urban and predhesa saba areas of Jaffna and Kilinochchi. The project will contribute to rehabilitating, reconstructing, and developing areas affected by conflict.
The objective of the Project is to deliver safe water to approximately 300,000 people and provide sanitation to 80,000 people.
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Kalmadu is an earthen dam across the Nethali Aru basin, located 18 km East of Kilinochchi belongs to Kandawalai DS division. Its water storage capacity is 11.7 mcm impounded by a 1.575km long earth embankment with a maximum height of 8m.
This tank bund was exploded by the LTTE at the last stage of terrorism destroying the livelihood of 4,650 farmer families in the Kandawalai DS Division in Kilinochchi.
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