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The Kantale Dam is a large embankment dam built in Kantale Sri Lanka used for irrigation. The measures 14000 ft (4267 m) in length and 50 ft (15 m). The dam breached on April 20 1986 (1986-04-20) killing more than 120 people. It has since been reconstructed. The dam impounds the Per Aru as small river discharging into the Koddiyar Bay at Trincomalee Harbour.