Starting with the Taxation Enquiry Commission (1953) to the Committee on Pricing of Irrigation Water (1992) we have routinely heard discussions on improving the management of irrigation systems.

THE taps are beginning to run dry in the Capital, although summer's scarcely begun. It's symbolic of a deep-seated problem in the water sector.

World Bank yesterday approved a US$65.33 million credit for Sri Lanka to improve the operational efficiency of some 80 ageing dams and to establish sustainable institutional arrangements for safety m

The Forest Department has spent Rs 2.5 million on digging 27 new ponds and de-silting another 13 in the Cholistan desert.

STRESSING ITS NEED: Tiruvallur Collector Rajendra Kumar speaking at a function to launch water bodies' adoption programme at SRM Eswari Engineering College recently.

Pots labelled after major rivers and lakes in the State were lined up, symbolically representing the death of these water bodies.