The Head Office is situated at No.25, Maligawa Rd, Ratmalana and three offices to carry out the functions of Provincial Irrigation Department are located at Kalutara, Colombo and Gampaha districts.
The present Provincial Department of Irrigation of the Western Province has been established in 1992 as an unit attached to the Engineering Organization of the Western Province to carry out the minor irrigation works. Later on this department was categorized as a class A department with effect from 2005-01-01 by the gazette dated 2006-12-08 and in 2012 this was attached to the Ministry of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation, Fisheries, Animal Production & Health and Agrarian Development (Western Province).
A statute was published by a gazette (No. 1888/42) on 2014.11.14 for the establishment of law to allocate provisions for the functions of this department.
Vision:
"Water at right time for cultivation."
Mission:
"Develop the Irrigation sector of the Western Province using it's land and water by planning, constructing, maintaining and rehabilitating the Irrigation system, through modern technology and other resources towards the optimum agricultural productivity for the maximum benefits of the people while ensuring the sustainability of the sector."
Hon. Minister
The council has been dissolved
Secretary to Ministry
D. L. U. Peiris
Director of Irrigation
Mr. W. M. P. B. Weerasinghe
Irrigation Engineer (Headquarters)
Mr. D. B. I. W. Udayasinghe Bandara
Accountant
Ms. N. A. C. S. Dilrukshi
District Irrigation Engineer (Gampaha)
Mr. G. S. Pathum
District Irrigation Engineer (Kalutara)
Mr. J. J. Ginige
District Irrigation Engineer (Colombo)
Mr. G. K. S. S. B. Kiriella
Organizational Structure
The duty of administering and implementing the activities of Western Provincial Department of Irrigation, an “A” grade department, which renders services in order to develop the minor irrigation systems within the western province, is vested with the Provincial Director of Irrigation. A “Grade-I Officer” of the Sri Lanka Engineering Service is appointed as the Provincial Director of Irrigation. The Provincial Director of Irrigation, under the supervision of the Secretary responsible for the subject, has the power to implement the provisions of Minor Irrigation Statute. In order to implement the provisions of the statute, 03 separate District Engineer's Offices have been established for all 03 districts and 03 District Irrigation Engineers have been appointed as institutional heads.
In addition to that all the duties of the department will be directed by the headquarters engineer attached to the main office. Further, all the financial transactions done under the expenditure head reserved for the department are carried out under the supervision of the Department's Accountant. Accordingly, the powers, tasks and functions assigned to them are implemented and carried out under the supervision and provision of the Provincial Director of Irrigation.
Organization Chart
