IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAMME FOR 1976
Stage II (26,000 acres) (112, 117 and H9)
Development
Programme
The
programme for 1976 envisages the development of 26,000 acres of farmland,
thereby enabling the re-settlement of about 10,000 farm families. The 26,000
acs. will
be located in Areas H1, 112, 117, 119 as shown in the annexed Plan. The irrigation
Blocks that will be developed are as given below—
AREA Block No.
Acreage Total Remarks
H – 1
305 1,000 1,000 Balance
of H – 1
H – 2
305 600
306 1,540
307 740
309 1,350
310 1,000
311 760
312 1,290
313 1,410
314 3,250 11,940
H – 7
101 1,740
102 1,620
103 2,160
104 2,580 8,100
H - 9
201 1,137
202 1,530
203 1,485
204 1,443
205 870 6,465
Total (Approx.) 27,505*
v It is intended to settle farmers
once every quarter of the year and to make land available for cultivation
at the rate of about 6,000 acres per quarter.
Work to be executed
(1) Engineering
The main items of work to be executed for the development
of the acreage as given in the programme would be as follows:-
i)
LB Main canal from Mulannatuwa
to Maha Katnoruwa.
ii)
Completion of Branch Channel No. 1 m Kalawewa LB.
iii)
Branch Channel No 2 inclusive of extensions that may
be necessary.
iv)
Improvements to Maha katnoruwa Tank
v)
Construction of distributary
channel in Blocks 305, 306, 307, 309, to 314
vi)
Extension of RB Main Canal of Kandalama
up to end.
vii)
Randeniwewa, Mahawewa and Mandawela Tanks.
viii)
Branch Channels in Areas H7
ix)
Distriubutary Channels in Blocks
101, 102, 103 and 104.
x)
LB Main Canal from Dambulu
Oya Reservoir.
xi)
Branch Canals in H9 Area.
xii)
Distributary Channels in Blocks
201, 205.
xiii)
On farm development work for 26,000 acres.
xiv)
Drainage channel improvements in Areas H1, H2, H7 and
H9.
xv)
Dambulu Oya Reservoir.
xvi)
Kalawewa RB sluices and
RB Yoda Ela (to be completed in 1977)
xvii)
Permanent buildings for operation, maintenance and
general purposes.
Detailed quantities are given in Annex.
2.1
Selection and training
of 6,000 farmers
2.2
Settlement of 10,000
farmers
2.3
Extension work to
enable the 10,000 farmers to commence cultivation during the year.
4. Investigation, Planning, Designs
and Co-ordination
The irrigation Department and Mahaweli Development Board
would provide the necessary engineering services. All kalawewa works would be handled by Irrigation Department
except for the Kalawewa RB sluice. All works on
H7 and H9 Area would be handled by Mahaweli Development Board except for the
Kandalama RB Main Canal extension.
5. Supervision of Construction
The supervision of construction will be carried out by the
Mahaweli Development Board. For this purpose, construction sub offices will
be established as follows.
(a)
Area H2
Work will be supervised
from Kulannatuwa office. A field office (without
residential facilities) will be established in Block 309.
(b)
Area H7
A construction camp and office
will be established near Madutugama.
(c) Another sub-office on the main Dambulla-Kekirawa Road
will be established at Kekirawa for Area H7 development.
(d) A construction camp and office is being
established at Halmillawa for development of Dambulu Oya Reservoir and Area H9.
The buildings that would
be put up in these construction camps, wilt be of a permanent type and that
they could be used for future operation and maintenance of the project.
6. Construction Agencies
It is expected that Construction
Agencies would undertake work during 1976, as tabulated in Annex. II.
7. Finances
Total finance required is
Rs.245.5 million (excluding FEECs) out of
which Rs.40 million will be in foreign currency.
The draft budget for 1976
has the following provision for Stage II:—
Local Currency 84.0
Foreign Currency (Free Exchange) 10.0
This amount is only for the import of spare
required for the available construction machi
nery. No provision for the import of new
equipment.
FEECs
6.0
Total (Rs.
M) 100.0
Further
amounts of local currency can be made available as necessary.
8. Problems in Implementation
The
main problems in implementing the programme of work are as follows:—
I.
Each State Organisation listed in Annex LI should be firmly committed
to deliver the output expected. If such involvement is not forthcoming, the
programme cannot be undertaken.
2.
Land preparation work cannot be undertaken as suitable machinery will
not be available. Trials should be carried out in 1975 with existing machinery
and arrangements made to procure machinery before January 1976. Tentative
estimates indicate that 32 Nos. D7 Tractors with rippers and 160 Nos. “4000”
Farm Tractors with 3 disc ploughs are required.
3.
Plans and proposals for the provision of general facilities such as
Postal, Educational, Health, Transport, etc. have not been finalised for implementation
during 1976. Some definite action has to be taken immediately.
4.
All acquisition for the 1976 programme has to be the responsibility
of 0. AX, Anuradhapura
and Kurunegala. An organization for the speedy execution of acquisition
work has to be set up.
9. Settlement
Apart
from the 26,000 acres of irrigable area, and additional 7,500 acres have to
be developed to provide homesteads, hamlet centres, village centres, centres
for community facilities, etc.
Obtaining
way leave, acquisition of private lands, re distribution of private lands,
selection and settlements of farmers, provision of community development,
marketing and credit facilities to the farmers to be done by
Mahaweli Development Board.
In view of the
volume of work involved in 1976 programme, it is essential that a number of
officers experience in Land Administration, specially
at senior staff level are obtained.
9.
Main Quantities
of Work in Areas H2, H7, H9
Earth
work Cu. Yds.
Rock Cu. Yds.
Concrete
Cu Yds.
Machinery Manual Machinery
Manual Large Small
Kalawewa LB Main Canal
Mulannatuwa to
Maha-
Katnoruwa .. ..
350,000 35,000 - 3,300 200
Branch Canal No.
1 .. ..
230.000 - 5.000 - 1,900
100
Branch Canal No.
2 .. ..
- 165,000 3,500 - 1,100
100
Improvement to Mahakatnoruwa
Tank .. ..
130,000 - -
- 1500
-
Distrubutary Canals .. - 600,000 - 84,000 - 8,000
Field Canals .. ..
- 205,000 -
- - 10,000
Land Leveling
.. ..
800,000 1,200,000 -
- -
Roads .. ..
350,000 - -
- - 600
Drainages .. ..
240,000 360,000 -
- - -
Total .. ..
2,100,000 2,530,000 43,500 84,000 7,800
19,000
Area H1 – 1,000
Acs. (Part 305)
Distributary Canals .. ..
- 50,000 - 7,000 - 700
Field Canals .. ..
- 17,000 -
- - 800
Drainages .. ..
- 20,000 -
- - -
Land Leveling
.. ..
67,000 78000 -
- - -
Roads .. ..
23,000 - -
- - 100
Total .. ..
90,000 165,000 - 7,000 - 1,600
Area H7 – 8,000 Acs.
Extension of Kandalama RB
Main
Canal
up to 22 M .. 750,000 - 19,000 - 3,600 200
Improvement of Tanks
.. 230,000 - 11,500 - 1,000 -
Branch Canal .. ..
- 50,000 - 1,000 - 400
Distrubutary canals .. ..
- 400,000 - 56,000 - 5,600
Field Canals .. ..
- 135,000 -
- - 6,400
Drainages .. ..
160,000 240,000 -
- - -
Land levelling
.. ..
540,000 620,000 -
- - -
Roads .. ..
100,000 - -
- - 300
Total .. ..
1,780,000 1,445,000 30,500 57,000 4,600
12,900
Are H9 – 6,000 Acs.
Dambulu Oya Reservori .. 1,300,000
- 31,000
- 3,500
-
LB Main
Canals .. ..
145,000 - 20,000 - 1,400
100
Branch Canals .. ..
100,000 100,000 - 10,000 1,400
100
Improvement of Tanks
.. 60,000 - 1,000 - 1,500 -
Distributary Canals .. ..
- 300,000 - 42,000 - 4,000
Field Canals .. ..
- 100,000 -
- - 4,800
Drainages .. ..
120,000 180,000 -
- - -
Land levelling .. ..
300,000 500,000 -
- - -
Roads .. ..
525,00 - - -
- 1,000
Total .. ..
2,550,000 1,180,000 52,000 52,000 7,800
10,000
Kalawewa RB Yoda Ela
Improvements to
Kalawewa RB
Yoda
Ela 0-5 mls. ..
.. 250,000 - 15,000 - 2,300 200
Jungle Clearing
Heavy
Medium
Light
Area
Acs. Acs.
Acs.
H2 — 12,000 Acs. ..
3,500 5,500 8,000
Hi — 1,000
Acs. ..
800 300
600
H7 — 8,000 Acs. ..
500 5,300
1,700
H9 — 6,000 Acs. ..
1,500 4,400 1,700
Total .. ..
6,300 15,500 12,000
Future Programme for Stages
H & UT of Project I
Detailed
implementation programmes will be prepared for the development of the 39,000
acs. yet
to be developed under Stage II in areas H4 and H5 in the Kalawewa
Right Bank. These will be irrigated by means of an extension from the right
bank main canal
of Kalawewa
(which will be widened and
straightened for this proposes). It is proposed to complete those developments
by the end of 1979.
A
preliminary investigation report has been prepared for the development of
8,000 acs. Under Kantalai Tank including 6,500 acs. of Sugarcane f paddy under
Stage LI A. This and 1,500 acs.
is the part of Stage III that will be taken up
first in order to give high priority for sugar production. This will enable
the surplus capacity of the processing facilities at the Kantalai
Sugar Factory to be fully utilized and thereby the sugar industry will be
more economical. This work will also be commenced during the period 1977-79.
The balance 12,000 acs.
of new lands under Kaudulla in Stage
III will be taken up thereafter. Detailed programmes for these works will
be worked out before implementation. About 60% of these areas (other than
8,000 acre area under Stage III A) will be developed for highland crops
and the balance 40% of lands will be used for lowland paddy.
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Earthwork
Millions of
Cu. Yds.
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Rock Excavation
Thousands of
Cu. Yds
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Concrete
Thousands of
Cu. Yds
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Jungle Cleaning
Thousands of Acs
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Remarks
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Machine
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Manual
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Machine
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Manual
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Large
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Small
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Heavy
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Medium
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Light
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1.
RVDB
2.
SD & CC
3.
SEC
4.
ARMY
5.
TCEO
6.
Contractors
Large
Scale
7.
Job contractors
8.
Group of villagers
9.
Land Dev. Dep
10.
Dept. of Mach &
Equip
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(a)
(b)
(a)
(b)
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2.55
0.23
0.22
-
0.48
0.65
1.70
0.25
-
2.37
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1.180
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0.33
1.445
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52
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30.5
15.0
-
-
43.5
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52
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91
57
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7.8
8.0
7.8
4.6
2.3
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10.0
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20.6
12.9
0.2
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1.3
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3.0
0.5
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0.3
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1.3
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4.5
5.3
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3.0
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1.3
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7.0
1.7
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0.7
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(a)
All works in H9 Area except jungle
clearing and land leveling
(b)
Branch Channel No. 1 in H2 area. Jungle
clearing
in H2 area and land leveling in
same are (Residual work in allocation to
Army)
(a) Completion of
Kalawewa Head
works
(
b) Bridge across Kala Oya
on Baduluwewa
-
Andarawewa Road
All jungle clearing and machine
work in
Land leveling
10,000 acs. of land in H1 &
H2 areas.
Work
in H1 & H2 Areas
(a)
All work in H7 area.
(b) Work on Kala
Oya RB channel to be undertaken after H7 area is organized
To be given work by assigned agencies as and when found necessary.
Work
in H2 Area.
Programme
does not include buildings
for Health, Education, and Postal
Depts.
Jungle
clearing in H9 Area. Rock .
Blasting
in H2 Areas
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NOTES : (1) SD & CC will establish a concrete yard for recasting small
structural units
(2) Agencies
to construct roads and drainages in Area H2 yet to be assigned.
(3) Agencies to clear balance jungle in Area H9 and land leveling work in the same area
(60,000 acs ) yet be assigned.
