Kantale Dam
The Kantale Dam is a large embankment dam built in Kantale, Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka. It is long, and over high. The dam, used for irrigation, breached on, killing more than 120 people. It has since been reconstructed. The dam impounds the Per Aru, a small river discharging into the Koddiyar Bay, at Trincomalee Harbour.Reservoir history
The tank was built by King Aggabodhi ll of Anuradhapura and further developed by King Parakramabahu the Great. It was also known as Gangathala Vapi at the time. The reservoir has a catchment area of and a capacity of.On at 03:00 AM, the dam breached, sending a wall of water over the villages downstream. The floods killed approximately 120–180 people, destroyed over 1,600 houses and of paddy, affecting over 8,000 families. One of the main causes of the breach was said to be due to extra-heavy vehicles being driven over the dam.