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Thumpankerny Tank spill |
Thumpankerny Wewa is a medium tank located north of Vellaveli in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. It is an old tank later incorporated into the Gal Oya Scheme (Arumugam, 1969). It presently belongs to the Navakiri Irrigation Region.
Thumpankerny Wewa is one of the reservoirs located in the Andella Oya (Andal Oya) River basin. Having a catchment area of 264 ha, the storage capacity of the tank is 1.5 MCM at its full supply level. Its bund is 648 m in length. It has one clear overfall spill and one sluice. The length of the spill is 57.93 m.
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1) Arumugam, S., 1969. Water resources of Ceylon: its utilisation and development. Water Resources Board. p.182.
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LankaPradeepa.com extends its gratitude to Mrs Badra Kamaladasa (Former Director General of Irrigation) for providing the necessary photographs required for this article. All the photos are published here with the permission of the author.