Eragama Wewa is a reservoir in Eragama village in Ampara. The breached tank was restored in 1891 and later utilised in the Gal Oya Scheme.
Eragama Wewa and Archaeological Ruins E ragama Wewa , also known in Tamil as Irakkamam Kulam (Sinhala: එරගම වැව හා පුරාවිද්යා නටඹුන්) is a reservoir in Eragama village in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. The ancient Dighavapi Viharaya is located about 5.7 km northeast of this tank. History Eragama Wewa is considered an ancient work (Arumugam, 1969). The breached tank was restored in 1891 and later utilised in the Gal Oya Scheme (Arumugam, 1969). Several sites with archaeological ruins around the tank were identified and declared protected monuments by the government through a Gazette notification published in October 2014. The Reservoir Eragama Wewa is one of the tanks in the Gal Oya River Basin . The tank bund is about 2,650 ft. in length while it has a storage capacity of 15,700 acre feet (Arumugam, 1969). The reservoir has 3 sluices and 2 spills (Arumugam, 1969). A Protected Site The old sluice and the bund of Eragama Lake (Irakkamam Lake) belonging to Rahumanth Nagar, Kuduvil, Manikkamadu, Ameer Alipuram villages and Grama Niladha…
