
President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed all relevant officials to accelerate multipurpose irrigation projects connected to Morahakanda-Kaluganaga mega development plan as the people living by farming in those dry zones should receive benefits of the project with no delay. Under the guidance of the President Maithriplala Siriesena, this mega Moragahakanda-Kaluganaga development project saw its culmination channeling much needed water for drinking and cultivation to the people living in northern and North central provinces and the development project is destined to wipe out tears of those agricultural communities who had pleaded many decades for water. Under this mammoth project, Wayamba Canal and North Central Giant Canal or Upper Elahera Canal development projects as sub schemes are currently underway.