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Ingredients. Fermented coconut sugar or sugarcane. Arrack is a distilled alcoholic drink typically produced in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, made from the fermented sap of coconut flowers or sugarcane, and also with grain (e.g. red rice) or fruit depending upon the country of origin. It is sometimes spelled arak, [1] or simply referred to as ...
The tank cascade system (Sinhala: එල්ලංගාව, romanized: ellaṅgāva) is an ancient irrigation system spanning the island of Sri Lanka. It is a network of thousands of small irrigation tanks (Sinhala: වැව, romanized: wewa) draining to large reservoirs that store rainwater and surface runoff for later use. They make ...
waterboard.lk. The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (commonly abbreviated as NWSDB) is the National Organization responsible for the provision of safe drinking water and facilitating the provision of sanitation to the people in Sri Lanka. The organization had its beginning as a subdepartment under the Public Works Department for water ...
Mavil Aru. Coordinates: 8.257942°N 81.269985°E. The Mavil Aru (Mother River) is a waterway that supplies water to some regions of eastern Sri Lanka. The closing of the sluice gates is considered to be the official beginning of the Eelam War IV although violence including skirmishes and bombings happened before. [1]
Government of Sri Lanka. Water volume. 31,500 acre⋅ft (38,854,678 m 3) [2] Surface elevation. 44 ft (13 m) [3] Giant's Tank (Tamil: கட்டுக்கரை குளம், romanized: Kaṭṭukkarai Kuḷam; Sinhala: යෝධ වැව Yōdha Væva) is an irrigation tank in northern Sri Lanka, approximately 10 mi (16 km) south east ...
Neera, also called palm nectar, is a sap extracted from the inflorescence of various species of toddy palms and used as a drink. [1] Neera extraction is generally performed before sunrise. It is sweet, translucent in colour. It is susceptible to natural fermentation at ambient temperature within a few hours of extraction, and is also known as ...
Amma water bottles were distributed to affected population during times of disaster, such as the 2018 kerala floods, 2015 chennai floods, and the gaja cyclone. [ 8 ] As the scheme was a success, its sales was extended to all over tamil nadu . [ 9 ]
800–1,500 m 3 /s (28,000–53,000 cu ft/s) (monsoon) The Kelani River (Sinhala: කැළණි ගඟ) is a 145-kilometre-long (90 mi) river in Sri Lanka. The fourth-longest river in the country, it stretches from the Sri Pada Mountain Range to Colombo. It flows through or borders the Sri Lankan districts of Nuwara Eliya, Ratnapura, Kegalle ...