Climate Resilience Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach

About this project

The development objective of the Climate Resilience Multiphase Programmatic Approach Project for Sri Lanka is to increase the number of people and assets protected against flood risk in priority river basins. The project comprises of five components. The first component, forecasting and early warning of high impact weather, floods, and landslides objective is to enhance the capability and the performance of the disaster management center (DMC), irrigation department (ID), national building research organization (NBRO) and the department of meteorology (DoM) to upgrade and expand the hydrological and meteorological observation networks to ensure that these networks are well functioning and interoperable, and provide people with weather information to protect lives, livelihoods, and property from the impact of meteorological and hydrological events. The second component, flood risk mitigation investments in the lower Kelani Basin will reduce flood risk of surrounding communities, personal assets, and public infrastructure in the main Kelani river and its tributaries for an approximate length of 15 kilometers between Hanwella and Kaduwela. The third component, land acquisition, resettlement assistance and safeguards implementation objective is to mitigate the adverse social impacts of the project and enhance the safety and security of communities living along the river banks from the perennial risks of floods and other extreme weather events. The fourth component, project manag…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Sri Lanka

Sectors

Disaster Risk ReductionRiver basins developmentMulti-hazard response preparednessSocial protection and welfare services policy, planning and administrationInformation and communication technology (ICT)Environmental policy and administrative management

Places

Ratnapura District, Ranwala, Pugoda, Peliyagoda, Nuwara Eliya District, Nilwala Ganga, Mundeni Aru, Malwana, Maha Oya, Kelani Ganga and 15 more

Funded by

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Implemented by

Ministry of Irrigation

Accountable

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Passes funds through

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P160005.

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