The resettlement of families evacuated from lands demarcated for the proposed Yan Oya reservoir project in the Anuradhapura district and the payment of compensation are accelerated on a priority basis.
Around 300 families in the Anuradhapura and Trincomalee districts will be displaced.
About 150 families in the Trincomalee district will be resettled under the Milawewa tank in Kajuwatta in the first phase. About 80 families in the Anuradhapura district will be resettled under Omarakada tank close to Padaviya. The Yan oya reservoir project is in progress. About 4,000 hectares are being submerged to accomodate the reservoir.
According to survey reports, in Horowpothana Divisional Secretariat division in Anuradhapura, 81 home gardens and 1,195 irrigated land allotments get submerged.
In the Gomarankadawala DS division in Trincomalee, farmer families lose 320 land units and 135 houses.