{"id":153969,"date":"2026-01-01T16:29:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=153969"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:29:58","slug":"media-release-01-january-2026-dam-safety-emergency-management-plans-distribution-of-controlled-copies-kotmale-dam-as-an-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/01\/01\/media-release-01-january-2026-dam-safety-emergency-management-plans-distribution-of-controlled-copies-kotmale-dam-as-an-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Release (01 January 2026) &#8211; Dam Safety Emergency Management Plans &#8211; Distribution of &#8220;Controlled&#8221; Copies &#8211; Kotmale Dam as an Example"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Bandula Kendaragama<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Dear Sir \/ Madam,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to international dam safety industry practice, <strong>&#8220;controlled copies&#8221;<\/strong> of the Dam Safety Emergency Management Plans shall be&nbsp;prepared, reviewed, tested and issued prior to commissioning of the dam \/ reservoir, thereafter, shall be tested and updated annually or as and when required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sample of the Register of Controlled copies are given below as a guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have&nbsp;any questions, please&nbsp;do not hesitate to contact me <a href=\"mailto:Bandula.Kendaragama@gmail.com\">Bandula.Kendaragama@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bandula Kendaragama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WhatsApp No +61403204066 (Please advise your WhatsApp No)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01 January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandula Kendaragama Dear Sir \/ Madam, According to international dam safety industry practice, &#8220;controlled copies&#8221; of the Dam Safety Emergency Management Plans shall be&nbsp;prepared, reviewed, tested and issued prior to commissioning of the dam \/ reservoir, thereafter, shall be tested and updated annually or as and when required. A sample of the Register of Controlled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153971,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153969\/revisions\/153971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}