Over 130 irrigation tanks/weirs under the Department of Agrarian Development have been damaged by the floods.Commissioner General of Agrarian Development Rohana Rajapaksha said most of the damage has taken place in the Vavuniya District.
“97 tanks have been damaged. Another 93 tanks are vulnerable to damage. 36 weirs have been damaged. 12 more are in a vulnerable state,” he said.
According to him, 108 canal bunds have also been damaged. “As mentioned earlier, we have seen most damage in Vavuniya where 42 tanks have been damaged. In the Anuradhapura district 11 tanks have been damaged,” he said.Meanwhile, Director General, Road Development Authority, S. M. P. Suriyabandara said they will take steps to repair the roads and bridges that have been destroyed in the Northern, Eastern and North Central Provinces.
