I have been working for the Mahaweli Water Security Investment Program (MWSIP) for 7 years and now we have past the two-thirds mark. I will give you a quick recap: The MWSIP is a multi-billion dollar water resources development investment program being financed by the Government of Sri Lanka and Asian Development Bank to transfer …
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Building on 2000 years of irrigation in Sri Lanka
In the last month, I attended two ground-breaking ceremonies where the President of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, launched the construction of two major irrigation projects (the Kaluganga-Moragahakanda Transfer Canal and the North West Province Canal Project). In his remarks in front of crowds of 20,000 people, he said the implementation of the Moragahakanda-Kaluganga Irrigation Development …