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Inginimitiya Dam
Spillway section of the Inginimitiya Dam
Location of Inginimitiya Dam in Sri Lanka
Country	Sri Lanka
Location	Inginimitiya
Coordinates	07°56′40″N 80°07′54″E / 7.94444°N 80.13167°E / 7.94444; 80.13167
Purpose	Irrigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	14 March 1981
Opening date	25 March 1985
Owner(s)	Ministry of Irrigation
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Mi Oya
Height	18 m (59 ft)
Length	4,880 m (16,010 ft)
Spillways	6
Spillway capacity	1,685 m/s (59,500 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Inginimitiya Reservoir
Total capacity	72,600,000 m (2.56×10 cu ft)
Active capacity	66,500,000 m (2.35×10 cu ft)
Inactive capacity	61,000,000 m (2.2×10 cu ft)
Catchment area	388 km (149.8 sq mi)

The Inginimitiya Dam (Sinhalese: ඉඟිණිමිටිය ජලාශය) is an embankment dam built across the Mi Oya, at Inginimitiya, Sri Lanka. Measuring 4,880 m (16,010 ft) wide and 18 m (59 ft) tall, the dam creates the popular Inginimitiya Reservoir, which is primarily used for irrigation purposes.

Reservoir

The reservoir facilitates supply of water to 6539 acres land for agriculture, including new land area of about 4600 acres. The idea for making reservoir in Inginimitiya has been proposed for the first time in Rajya manthrana sabha before 75 years ago in 1930s. But the construction of reservoir was commenced on 14 March 1981 and declared opened on 25 March 1985 by then Sri Lanka President J. R. Jayawardene. Overall project scheme was funded as loan aids by Japan and it is Yen 1800 Millions. Apart this Sri Lanka government has been received Rupees 89,000,000 as local funds.

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka

References

1. "Inginimitiya Reservoir". latticefans. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
2. "Inginimitiya Reservoir, Kurunegala". hoteltopazkandy.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
3. "Inginimitiya reservoir". Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

External links

• "Inginimitiya Reservoir". lk.geoview.info/. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

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