Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Bowatenna reservoir, one of the main reservoir projects under the Mahaweli Development Programme, bordered on Pilihudugolla Village in the Naula Division in the Matale district is the main source of water supply to the Rajarata region.

Completed on March 18, 1976, Bowatenna reservoir is 50 years now.

Equipped with six spill gates and a gravity dam that's 30 metrs in height, the reservoir is located about 3.5kms off Pilihudugolla Upper and Lower Grama Niladhari areas by Matale-Dambulla A9 highway.

It depends on Weralu Gaha Kanda Forest Reserve, a highly sensitive environmental zone rich in bio diversity and a national heritage, as its main catchment.

The capacity of the Bowatenna Reservoir is 4537 acre-feet or ...