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Senanayake Samudraya

Dam in Ampara District, Sri Lanka

Field	Value
name	Senanayake Samudraya
location_map	Sri Lanka
coordinates
country	Sri Lanka
location	Ampara District
purpose	Irrigation
status	O
construction_began
opening
owner	MIWRM
dam_type	e
dam_crosses	Gal Oya
res_name	Senanayake Samudhraya
res_capacity_total	950,000,000 m3

Senanayake Samudraya (, ) is the biggest reservoir and man-made lake in Sri Lanka. It is locally known as the sea (, ). Senanayake Samudraya was opened on 28 August 1949 under the Gal Oya Multipurpose Scheme, which was completed in 1953 by D. S. Senanayake.

Main article: Gal Oya Dam

Senanayake Samudraya was formed by damming the Gal Oya river and other smaller rivers between a pair of mountains in Inginiyagala.

Senanayake Samudraya is the largest and one of the most iconic reservoirs with an earthen dam built after receiving freedom from the British and was completed in 1953. The reservoir is sometimes referred to as "Inginiyagala Reservoir". The Senanayaka Samudraya is part of the Gal Oya multipurpose irrigation system project which started in the year 1949 and was completed in 1953 by the first prime minister of Sri Lanka, D. S. Senanayake.

Tourism

Main article: Gal Oya National Park

The Senanayake Samudraya is the largest body of water ever created in Sri Lanka. Cradled between Siyabalanduwa and Ampara, the reservoir is bordered by the rising mountains of Inginiyagala. There is a national park near Senanayake Samudraya, known as the Gal Oya National Park, which is home to lots of wildlife, including more than 200 elephants, as well as bears and leopards. A development of the Gal Oya Project, the reservoir that irrigates the dry lands of the east of Sri Lanka, the lake attracts thousands of visitors annually.

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