Army-Renovated Bakmeewewa Tank & Electric Fence Vested in Villagers

HE the President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday (20) vested the Army-renovated Gomarankadawala Bakmeewewa tank and the Army erected electrified elephant fence in the villagers during a ceremony at Gomarankadawala.

Sri Lanka Army Engineers under the Presidential Secretariat’s ‘Sirisara Pivisuma’ on the directions of the Commander of the Army undertook the renovation of those tanks in the East and the erection of the 30 km-long electric fence to keep off elephants from entering villages.

Sri Lanka Army Engineers, well recognized as best service providers to the nation have been assigned the daunting task of restoring and reconstructing 473 island-wide tanks, including some of small ones in villages under the Army’s nation-building concept, introduced by the Commander of the Army.

The renovated Gomarankadawala tank earlier had the capacity of 220 acre feet but the capacity has now been increased up to 280 acre feet after the renovation. Troops completed the project within 9 months at a cost of Rs 15 million as against the government estimated Rs 25 million.

The District project to be carried out on phase basis under the ‘Ellanga Gammana’ or cascaded tank village system expects to renovate at least 400 tanks in the Trincomalee District with the support of Army troops at the request of the Presidential Secretariat.

Meanwhile, newly-erected elephant fence that would minimize the human-elephant conflict in remote areas where the elephant population is high was completed by Army Engineers at a cost of Rs 19 million as against the government estimated figure of Rs 22 million.

This new 30 km-long fence covers 3 Grama Niladari Divisions including Gomarankadawala, Galkadawala and Kandamalawa. Both projects were closely supervised by Lieutenant Colonel Priyantha Dissanayake and Major Chamila Jagoda, Commanding Officer 1, Sri Lanka Engineers on the directions of the Chief Field Engineer of the Army.

HE the President Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated both projects in the company of Cabinet Ministers, Ministers and local politicians.

Leader of the Opposition Mr. R Sampanthan (MP), the Governor of the Eastern Province Mr. Rohitha Bogollagama, District Secretary Polonnaruwa Mr. Ranjith Ariyarathna, Major General Santhusitha Pananwala, Commander, Security Forces - East, General Officer Commanding, 22 Division Major General Aruna Jayasekara, Director 'Sirisara Pivisuma Project, Brigadier Neranjan Ramanayaka and a gathering of state officials, beneficiaries and civilians attended the event. buy shoes | 『アディダス』に分類された記事一覧