The government has launched an ambitious Rs. 11 billion project to divert the waters of the Menik Ganga, Deduru Oya and the Kumbukkan Oya, which go to waste by ending up in the ocean, to enable 18,000 farmer families to cultivate 54,000 acres of paddy land during both Yala and Maha seasons.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/three-rivers-be-diverted-help-farmers
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/island-sri-lanka
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
