Boats for Enhancing Basic Safety of Reservoirs


Posted on 2010-01-06
Dam owning institutions have been facing many operational difficulties especially in inspecting potential risks and defects in reservoirs. 26 boats were distributed among the implementing agencies to avoid this shortage and for the convenience of operation, maintenance and inspection works of the reservoirs for improvement of the basic safety facilities of the dams under the DSWRP Project.
A demonstration programme also was conducted by the DSWRPP for boat operators from Department of Irrigation, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, National Water Supply and Drainage Board and Ceylon Electricity Board.
Boats were distributed among project implementing agencies as 13 boats for Department of Irrigation, 10 for Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, 2 for Ceylon Electricity Board and 01 boat for National Water Supply and Drainage Board. Thus 26 reservoirs including Lunugamwehera,Inginimitiya,Polgolla, Kalatuwawa and Maussakele would be facilitated by this boats distribution program of DSWRPP.