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The boundaries of Kothmale reservoir are as follows ; to the east
of Sanqilipalama to the south of Wavehena; to the North of Panaqammana and
to the west of Kadadora. This reservoir may reach up to Panaoya and it
will join into the Kothmale stream. According to this scheme 16 Grama
Niladari divisions, 4 village council divisions, 66 villages and four tea
estates will drown . The four village councils are Pallehena Tispane,
Madapane and Ulapane. The 16 Grama midadari divisions are Mawela, Masuela,
Kadadhora, Morape, Thispane Wataddhara, Navamgama, Hadaunuwara, Kalapitiya,
Haldeniya , Kumbaloluwa, Niyanqandara, Sanqilipalama, Ramboda, Panaqammano
and karagastalawa. 66 villages are not mentioned here ,which will sink for
the tank.
Normally there will be three or four villages in one Grama Wildari
division. Four tea estates will be sunk for this purpose- one of them is
called ‘Choisi’. Plots of
this Estate have been given among the people under the land reform
commission and the land development board.
All the villages
are situated in Ulapane, Pussallawa , Nawalapitiya, Sangilipalama ,Pundalluoya
and Thawalatanna.
2901 Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim families will be displaced.
According to religion
2509 families are Sinhalese. There were only two Catholic and
Christian families of the total.
According to this division 98.28% of the families Sinhalese and 84.7% are
Buddhist.
Most of these families will be resettled in Kalawara
“H” region. The other families will be settled in other developing
areas and compensation will be paid for the loss of lands and they will be
given land in the designated resettlement areas.
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