Reconstructing the bund

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The picture shows soldiers of the Sri Lankan army with the assistance of the Department of Irrigation reconstructing the bund of the Kiwulekada tank which broke due to the recent floods and heavy rain. Agrarian Services and Wild Life Minister S M Chandrasena was present at the opening moment of the reconstructing programme . Pix by Manula Wickrama

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Somarathne Sunday, 13 February 2011 08:23 AM

How long will the sand bags last! waste of funds in order to get double commissions!

Lion Sunday, 13 February 2011 08:24 AM

sand bags as dams???

eresh S kumara Sunday, 13 February 2011 08:49 AM

What a disaster

abhishek Sunday, 13 February 2011 09:25 AM

the above people have no knowledge of bund building .... at least google before commmentng,,
thay are good for 'damn' building :P

Darwin Sunday, 13 February 2011 09:38 AM

Oh! I did this type of dam building when I was in primary school in our back yard. It was a great experience. Good old days.

gul Fernando Sunday, 13 February 2011 10:13 AM

Miracle of Asia!!! Sand Bags at work as DAMS!!!

Shyamali Sunday, 13 February 2011 10:19 AM

Darwin this is not play time!

Kotte Kusum. Sunday, 13 February 2011 12:54 PM

Is this is our new Technology?So next heavy rain another problem.More aids more MPS and Ministers get rich.

Neme Monday, 14 February 2011 12:51 AM

If foreigners did this , it's cutting edge engineering.

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