Structural Displacement and Demographic Engineering: An Advocacy Dossier on the Kivul Oya Reservoir Project in Vavuniya North The resumption of the Kivul Oya Reservoir Project in 2026 has emerged as a focal point of ethnic tension, political mobilization, and human rights advocacy in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. While ostensibly a developmental initiative under the Ministry of Irrigation and the Mahaweli Authority, the project is characterized by the local Tamil population and their elected representatives as a strategic instrument of "Sinhalization"—the state-facilitated alteration of ethnic demographics to diminish Tamil political and territorial claims. 1 The protest held in Nedunkerny on February 2, 2026, underscored the deep-seated grievances regarding land dispossession, the destruction of traditional water management systems, and the perceived continuation of majoritarian policies by the National People's Power (NPP) administration. 3 This dossier prov...