However the Moragahakanda Project is highly regarded and had the least problems with regard to resettlement of people. Most people who were resettled were satisfied, according to Dr. Dissanayake.

The larger combined project involves the construction of the Moragahakanda Dam and Reservoir, along with the separate Kalu Ganga Dam and Reservoir, for irrigation and power generation purposes.

Moragahakanda is incidentally the final phase of the Mahaweli development initiative that was initiated on January 8, 1976. Work on the project officially commenced on January 25, 2007 but suffered ...

Four times as large as the Parakrama Samudraya, the Moragahakanda-Kalu Ganga project focuses primarily on supplying water for agricultural purposes and generating 25 megawatts of electricity. For the ...

News ADB informed of harm caused by Moragahakanda and Upper Elahara Canal project funded by it Published 3 years ago on 2022/11/5 ...

The project will also generate 25 MW in hydropower to the national grid. Kumara Perera, 45, a local farmer from Polonnaruwa who attended the opening ceremony, said he was awaiting the opening of the ...

THE Moragahakanda project is certainly not contesting in the forthcoming Western Provincial Council polls. As to why the government spent Rs11m to advertise this project and another Rs31m for the ...

The Moragahakanda project, costing $1.15 billion, is a major infrastructure project for Sri Lanka's post-war reconstruction.

The Moragahakanda reservoir reached the required level of 178m for electricity generation due to the high rainfall.

Sirisena last year said the Moragahakanda reservoir project would resolve the agricultural and drinking water problems faced by the farmers in Rajarata, ending their year-long sorrowful tale. The dam ...

The Moragahakanda project, costing $1.15 billion, is a major infrastructure project for Sri Lanka's post-war reconstruction. It is expected to end water scarcity challenges in several regions ...