A guest lecture on Kaluganga reservoir head works development project was held on 30th January 2018 at 4.30 p.m at the Civil Auditorium. The meeting was organized by the Civil Engineering Society of the University of Moratuwa.
The main speaker was the Eng. G.H.L Kumarasiri (Master of Engineering in Water Resources, Development, University of Roorkee, India). Mr.Janith Nipuna welcome all the participants warmly and Mr.Thanura Hasantha coordinated the event. Dr.W.B.Gunawardhana also participated in the program.
Project details, features, construction process and difficulties were discussed.
Basic details of the project:
Ø Employer - Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Ø Engineer – Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau
Ø Contractor – Sinohydro Corporation Limited
Ø Contract amount – approximately LKR 13.0 Billion
Ø Project period – 4.5 years
Ø Location – Matale, Central province
The main expected benefit of the project was transferring 100 MCM of water annually to Moragahakanda reservoir to fulfill downstream demands of Moragahakanda reservoir. Irrigation water is supplied to 4000 Ha. of existing and new lands in Kaluganga basin. There are some environmental benefits such as flood control, the supply of drinking water and inland fishery. Future power benefits using the available water head of the reservoir is also considered.
Then he explained about salient features of Kaluganga Project. Some of them are reservoir, main dam, saddle dam, spillway, diversion tunnel, bottom outlet tunnel, left bank irrigation outlet tunnel, transfer canal outlet tunnel and transfer tunnel.
Students from all the batches of the department of civil engineering participated for the event.
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