Kinniya is a town located east coast in Trincomalee District of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) from the city of Trincomalee and 240 km (150 mi) from Colombo. Located in Sri Lanka’s dry zone, the Kinniya region often experiences hot and dry weather with very little precipitation. The weather condition of this area with low land and dry zone and 23% of area are lagoons in the total land area. Annual rainfall of this area which occurs during the north east monsoon season is between 2800 – 3200 mm. Kinniya Bridge which is the Sri Lanka’s longest bridge is connecting the Kinniya town to Trincomalee and Mutur towns through A15 Batticaloa highway. The longest bridge, beautiful beaches and dry fish markets attracts many tourists in the town. The people of this Kinniya UC area were badly devastated by the massive tsunami 2004. The Kinniya Urban