‘Over 14,000 rural tanks to be renovated this month’ | Daily News

‘Over 14,000 rural tanks to be renovated this month’

Over 14,000 rural tanks will be renovated this month, Irrigation Minister Chamal Rajapaksa said. The Mahaweli Development Ministry and the Special Task Force (STF) will assist the project, Kurunegala District Agriculture Assistant Director A.M. Jayawardena said. “President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the Agriculture Ministry to restore abandoned rural tanks to irrigate the paddy fields to increase paddy production to make the country self-sufficient in rice next year.

The project will cost Rs. 5,500 million to the Government,” he said.