WB gives Rs. 7,200 m for tank repairs

Stanley Seneviratne - Kurunegala north group correspondent

KURUNEGALA: Agriculture and Agricultural Development Minister Maithripala Sirisena said the World Bank has allocated Rs. 7,200 million to repair and re-construct 32 large-scale tanks to provide irrigational facilities.

He said the 32 large-scale tanks have been selected from among a number of tanks that have not been renovated and reconstructed for many decades.

Victoria and Randenigala reservoirs will also be renovated, he said.

Reconstruction work will begin with the inauguration ceremony attended by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Parakrama Samudra on August 14 he said.