{"id":1,"date":"2020-06-20T08:18:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T08:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/irrigation.wp.gov.lk\/en\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-03-20T05:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:52:26","slug":"pokunuvita-kanewela-amuna-horana-divisional-secretariat-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irrigation.wp.gov.lk\/en\/pokunuvita-kanewela-amuna-horana-divisional-secretariat-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokunuvita, Kanewela Amuna, Horana Divisional Secretariat Division"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of beneficiary farmer families of this bund business is 76.61 hectares (190 acres).
\nThe old weir structure that provided irrigation facilities to the above fed area was destroyed due to flood damage in 1998, and instead a small weir named Pinwala weir was constructed in the upstream part of the weir, but it had harmful effects on the land and other properties of Oya Dele. Due to the incident, the use of anvil was severely limited, and later the right bank of the anvil was broken and washed away, so the use of the anvil had to be completely abandoned.<\/p>\n

Therefore, instead of the Pinwala weir, which failed and was destroyed, the new Kanewela weir, consisting of six lift gates and other structures, with six lift gates and other structures, was constructed to provide irrigation water to a more easily and more nutritious area. 34 started in 2018 at a cost of 34, and the construction was completed in 2021 in several phases, and was handed over to the local agricultural association in the first quarter of 2022 by the current Honorable Governor, Marshal of the Sri Lanka Air Force Mr. Roshan Gunathilaka.<\/p>\n