Establishing proper drainage system has become a major challenge especially in the urban areas. Drainage systems consist of canal network and drainage structures such as culverts. Once the drainage system is established, ...

On 24 and 25lh of December 1957 heavy rain fell in the North Central Province; 206.5mm and 219.7mm of rainfall were recorded at Anuradhapura meteorological station and were nearly twice that recorded during the previous ...

ABSTRACT The major drinking water treatment plant in Sri Lanka, the Abatable Water Treatment Plant (WTP) is located on the south bank of the Kelang Ganga at F 79° 56' N 6° 55'. The Ambatale WTP was constructed in the early ...

The government of Sri Lanka proposed to provide safe drinking water to all by 2025. However, this proposal is becoming a challenging task due to depletion and pollution of water resources combined with a growing demand and ...

The basin is undergoing extensive changes due to agro-ecological, socioeconomic and institutional developments. Livelihoods vary from area to area depending on the physiographic conditions and availability of land and ...

Its creation was prompted by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resuhing tsunami, which lel^; some 230,000 people dead or missing. Many analysts claimed that the disaster would have been mitigated if there had been an ...

Koggala Export Processing Zone of the BOI was setup in 1991 and functions with 20 Nosfactories and work force of over 10,000 in the Galle district just adjacent to the sea andcoastal belt. Total extent of the KgEPZ area ...