HADABIMA.GOV.LK

The main development target of the Authority was to develop 4000 acres distributed among settlers owned by the Land Reformed Commission by covering the sensitive environmental zones belonged to the surrounding areas of the Mahaveli river and the vast catchment areas and the catchment areas in the Maoya area of Kandy and Kegalle respectively by using the powers assigned. World Bank and the World Food organization had provided the funds for this task... The conservation and the development of the Lands which had become marginal lands due to soil erosion and degradation as a result of the plantation economy under the colonial era were carried out by the Authority. Accordingly it was able to convert 2000 targeted acres as productive agricultural units by minimizing the environmental imbalance experienced in the sensitive environmental areas in the Central hills past. After fulfilling the targets during the project period, it was recommended to extend the project areas and its performance..

Primary location: Peradeniya Sri Lanka