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... tanks that so impressed Tennent have either totally or partially silted up . Numerous smaller tanks still survive and continue to provide the basis for irrigation agriculture in the dry zone of the island , but many of these , too , are ...
... tanks that so impressed Tennent have either totally or partially silted up . Numerous smaller tanks still survive and continue to provide the basis for irrigation agriculture in the dry zone of the island , but many of these , too , are ...
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... tank ( wewa ) , and the paddy field ( ketha ) , and according to the late Upalli Senanayake , “ one could not imagine ... tanks were associated with each village irrigation system . All were built in such a way that they could easily be ...
... tank ( wewa ) , and the paddy field ( ketha ) , and according to the late Upalli Senanayake , “ one could not imagine ... tanks were associated with each village irrigation system . All were built in such a way that they could easily be ...
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... tanks . " The Village Tank , of which there was one for each village that depended upon a particular irrigation system . All such tanks were connected by canals to the twin tanks . " Obviously paddy growing was not just an occupation ...
... tanks . " The Village Tank , of which there was one for each village that depended upon a particular irrigation system . All such tanks were connected by canals to the twin tanks . " Obviously paddy growing was not just an occupation ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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