- Rs. 2 Mn spent over 2 weeks, spl. prog. to supply to hospitals in affected districts
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has said that 12 districts across the island are currently facing drinking water shortages owing to the prevailing dry weather conditions.
DMC Director General Maj. Gen. Sudantha Ranasinghe emphasised that around 48,000 families have been affected by the issue thus far.
“Arrangements are being made to distribute drinking water to nearly 156,000 affected individuals in 40 Divisional Secretariat (DSs) Divisions within these 12 districts using bowsers attached to the DMC,” he said.
Ranasinghe, who mentioned that animals have also been affected by the issue, said that the responsible institutions such as the Department of Forests and the Wildlife Conservation Department are working to provide water through bowsers.
He further said that the Government has spent around Rs. 2 million to provide drinking water within the last two weeks alone. However, it is reported that a special programme has been initiated to distribute drinking water to hospitals in all the affected districts.