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Mahaweli Authority: Dam and spillways; Type of dam: Gravity dam: Height (foundation) 100 ft (30 m) Length: 741 ft (226 m) Spillway capacity: 125,000 cu ft/s (3,500 m ...
To implement the project plan in the balance areas proposed by the Master plan and also Gazetted areas, the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka was established in 1979 by an Act of Parliament with a mandate. [5] [6] By the end of 1995, all the headworks of the AMP had been completed and were functioning.
Mahaweli Authority is a state-owned operator in Sri Lanka for managing the Mahaweli River and its projects. It was established in 1979. [2] The primary objective of the Mahaweli Authority is to implement the Mahaweli River development scheme.
The Mahaweli Authority and the military resumed activities to bring in landless Sinhalese settlers from the southern parts of the country to settle in and around Weli Oya. [2] Despite ongoing displacement of thousands of Tamils from their land and homes, the Mahaweli Authority, under successive governments since the end of the war, continues to ...
Hydroelectricity accounts for nearly half of the installed power capacity of Sri Lanka. The following page lists most dams in Sri Lanka.Most of these dams are governed by the Mahaweli Authority, while the Ceylon Electricity Board operates dams used for hydroelectric power generation.
The development of the Kalu Ganga segment was supposed to cost US$167 million. 22% or US$37 million of this was funded by the Kuwait Fund, 27.5% or US$46 million was funded by the Saudi Fund for Development, while the rest was borne by the Government of Sri Lanka. The funds will be payable in 20 years, including a 5-year grace period. [7]
According to the Mahaweli Master Plan of 1968, the development of Mahaweli was divided to three projects named A, B and C out of which the last 'C' project was the Moragahakanda Multi-Purpose Reservoir. In 1977 the project was modified and the Accelerated Mahaweli Scheme(AMS) started and was completed in 6 years.
As part of Mahaweli Development programme, the river and its tributaries are dammed at several locations to allow irrigation in the dry zone, with almost 1,000 km 2 (386 sq mi) of land irrigated. [5] The production of hydroelectricity from six dams in the Mahaweli system supplies more than 40% of Sri Lanka's electricity needs.