NCP to implement 300 new irrigation projects

Colombo: The North Central Province (NCP) Irrigation Department has taken measures to implement 300 new irrigation projects costing Rs. 90 million to facilitate water to a large number of farmers using traditional methods, Department sources said.

Sources expressed confidence that on the completion of the project a large number of abandoned paddy lands could be used for cultivation purposes.

Abandoned irrigation projects and damaged irrigation canals will also be reconstructed under these projects. Irrigation systems and grids would also be renovated.