Sri Lanka Launches Tenders for Small-Scale Irrigation Facility Rehabilitation Works in 12 Districts

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 9, Sri Lanka's Integrated Rural and Urban Development and Climate Resilience Project (IRDCRP) issued a tender notice for small-scale irrigation facility rehabilitation works, inviting bids from contractors registered with the Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA) of Sri Lanka. The works cover 12 administrative districts, including Monaragala, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Jaffna, and Kandy, and mainly involve the rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation channels, anicuts, and small water storage facilities. The deadline for bid submission is 14:00 on November 27, 2026, and a pre-bid meeting is scheduled for November 13.

The tender is organized by the IRDCRP Project Management Unit under Sri Lanka's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, and is implemented through invited bidding. The tender is open to eligible CIDA-registered contractors, and the relevant tender documents are available for inspection and purchase from November 6 to November 27. Bidders are required to prepare bid documents in accordance with the project requirements of each district and submit them within the specified period.

The works are distributed across multiple agricultural production areas in Sri Lanka, including Monaragala, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Jaffna, Kandy, Kilinochchi, Puttalam, Polonnaruwa, Nuwara Eliya, Matale, Ratnapura, and Ampara. The works in different districts will be carried out around local small-scale irrigation systems, involving water conveyance channels, anicuts, reservoirs, and related hydraulic structures.

The channel works mainly involve the rehabilitation and improvement of existing irrigation water conveyance facilities, including channel structure maintenance and restoration of water conveyance conditions. Anicuts serve the function of diverting water from rivers and surface runoff, and the rehabilitation of related facilities will involve intake structures and associated hydraulic structures. Small irrigation reservoirs and tanks serve the function of storing and allocating agricultural water, and the rehabilitation of these facilities will improve the water supply conditions of irrigation systems across different seasons.

The project is part of Sri Lanka's Integrated Rural and Urban Development and Climate Resilience Program, covering agricultural production, water resources management, rural infrastructure, and climate adaptation capacity building. The project is implemented by Sri Lanka's agriculture authorities with support from the World Bank, focusing on improving production infrastructure in agricultural areas that are more vulnerable to climate conditions.

According to the overall indicators published for the project, irrigation or drainage services are planned to be improved on approximately 75,000 hectares of land across 12 administrative districts. Irrigation facility rehabilitation is a key component of the works, involving water source acquisition, conveyance, storage, and distribution for agricultural production. By restoring the functions of existing hydraulic facilities, farmland irrigation conditions can be improved, and the ability of agricultural water systems to cope with rainfall variability and drought risks can be enhanced.