Rotaract Club of Uva Wellassa University-Badulla

Batik is an ancient Egyptian art form with a long and illustrious history. It is almost 2000 years old and gained popularity in the 7th century among the peoples of Persia, China, India, Japan, and South Asia. There is evidence that this art was created in harmony with nature by the people of Java Island, and they continue to work in the batik industry today. They developed a batik art that was unique to them, based on conventional wax batik art, and it is now widely known as Java batik. Sri Lankan batik art has a long history as well. They woven garments and painted in the rock caves, according to legend, using colors made from locally available plants, roots, nuts, and bark. In Sri Lanka, however, we have inherited a particular batik art culture that has been passed down through the generations. There are numerous challenges to preserving this cultural heritage as an art form. The batik business faces a number of challenges, including a shortage of experienced labor, high raw materia

The Anuradhapura District has nearly 3,000 main, medium, and small-scale tanks and irrigation work coming from ancient Sri Lankan time from the lead of King Pandukabhaya. During this period, Anuradhapura was considered the most important era in the irrigation civilization in Sri Lanka. Irrigation systems of ancient Sri Lanka consisted of a large number of village tanks to huge reservoirs and an inherent network of water canals linking these tanks whilst supplying water to farming lands. Rice is the staple food of the inhabitants of Sri Lanka. Nowadays the total land dedicated for paddy is assessed to be about 708,000 hectares including a large area of land in Anuradhapura. Mainly there are two cultivation seasons such as Maha and Yala which are identical with two monsoons. However, nowadays the total area dedicated to paddy is not being cultivated due to a number of reasons such as shortage of water during the seasons, and use of chemical fertilizer for agriculture activities. Theref