Senanayaka Samudraya of Inginiyagala

The Senanayaka Samudraya the largest body of water ever created in Sri Lanka is a pleasing sight at sunset. Cradled between Siyabalanduwa and Ampara this giant reservoir is bordered by the rising mountains of Inginiyagala creating a sight that it majestic and breathtaking.A development of the Gal Oya Project, the reservoir that irrigates the dry lands of the east of Sri Lanka, remains a glorious testament to the most ambitious irrigation development project undertaken immediately after of the Independence.
A development of the Gal Oya Project, the reservoir that irrigates the dry lands of the east of Sri Lanka, remains a glorious testament to the most ambitious irrigation development project undertaken immediately after of the Independence.Today nearly sixty years after its construction the Senanayaka Samudraya provides relief to man, birds and beast in the area with providing water, habitat and livelihood. Nearly 70,000 families in the East depends on the reservoir for water for the...

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