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Eastern Province: 150 tanks to be rehabilitated
By Ifham Nizam
The government would rehabilitate about 150 tanks in the Eastern Province next year under the President’s tank enrichment programme, said Minister of State for Backward Rural Development and Domestic Animal Husbandry and Minor Economic Crop Promotion Sadasivam Viyalendran.
He said that plans were underway to rehabilitate 400 tanks by 2025 to boost the agricultural activities in the eastern province.
Paddy cultivation was carried out under the Kadukkamunai Irrigation Project, which is under the Manmunai Southwest Pattipalai Divisional Secretariat Division in the Batticaloa District.
The construction of canals in the Batticaloa District through the Irrigation Department under the Irrigation Enrichment Programme is being extensively developed.
Viyalendran said that while the Villu Wewa in Kadukkamuna was under rehabilitation, the paddy fields were cultivated with water from the Kadukkamuna irrigation project.
The Minister of State said that except the large and small-scale cultivations in the Kadukkamune area, 350 acres of lands had been given intermediate cultivation and there had been a good yield.
Batticaloa District Additional Government Agent Sudarshini Sirikanth, Manmunai Southwest Pattipalai Divisional Secretary Datsanagauri Dinesh, Manmunai Southwest Pattipalai Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman N. Puspalingam and officials of the Irrigation Department were also present as special guests. The paddy harvest festival was held with the cultural values/pageant of the Tamil people.
The Cabinet of Ministers granted their concurrence to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Youth Affairs to appoint S. Achchudan of Special Grade of Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is currently serving as an Additional Commissioner of Elections at the Elections Commission who is
recommended by the panel of interviewers to the post of Director General of the Sports Development Department with effect form 01.01.2026.
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal furnished by the Minister of Environment to publish the draft bill of the National Environment (Amended) Act in the government gazette notification and subsequently to submit the same to the Parliament for its concurrence.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Buddhism, Religious, and Cultural Affairs to provide tax relief on imported dates received as donations or gift for Ramadan.
This year’s Ramadan fasting season is scheduled to begin on 19-02-2026 and end on 21-03-2026.
S. Achchudan appointed as Director General of the Sports Development Department.
Amendment of the National Environment Act No. 47 of 1980
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Cabinet nod to establish the Sri Lanka Industrial Transformation and innovation Authority
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