Nearly 300,000 people remain affected by drought in Northern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said on Monday that as many as 293,764 people remained affected by the drought in five northern districts of the island country.
In its situation report issued on Monday, the DMC said Puttalam, Kurunegala, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura and Mannar were the five districts hit by the drought.
Sri Lanka experienced both droughts and floods last year. The inclement weather conditions such as floods, landslides and high speed wings claimed the lives of more than 200 persons and disrupted the essential services last year.
Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayake told Xinhua that rice crops failed for the third consecutive season last year, resulting in a major shortage of rice in the market. He said the north-east monsoon rain had been delayed during the current season.
Rice is the staple food of Sri Lanka, and local farmers depend on monsoon rain for rice cultivation.
(Xinhua)
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the tragedy is that after about 70 years of being liberated successive governments not only failed to provide drinking water to the population but not made an attempt to plan for a system of water supply nation wide. And now now the is in a desperate.
Couple of decades back things look good withe free good and expected the free good had no limits. There was an abundant supply of ground water and what one had to do was dig a few pits and there was water. Most of the springs have run dry and people dug deeper and deeper and now they can dig no deeper. Things can get worse and it is difficult to imagine the plight of the population!
Regardless of the cost even if the country has to pledge the future of the next generation the government must call the Chinese government to come to our help
why the Chinese they have the expertise and the resources to undertake a project of this magnigude further if governments stop bickering about costs they would be able to deliver the project and this be done even if it meeans forsaking the Port City
Well said Zama,
Successive Sinhala Buddhist Governments have absolutely failed our Nation.
Zama, We are in the TOP, my friend, in the TOP amongst the 4 most corrupt countries in the World !
Well, Zama, Sinhala Buddhist Govt’s for 69 years, that’s where we are.
Thuleep Soma,
The day you get rid of the racist streak from your persona, you will be redeemed.
Thuleep, it is a New Year 2018 and please rid yourself of the minority complex you appear to have been born with.
The People of Sri Lanka and their effective R Family Political and Military leadership concluded the 30 year war perpetrated on our Nation by a Megalomaniac in 2009.
The People of Sri Lanka redeemed the Tamil Community from the curse bestowed by the Megalomaniac.
Thuleep, rid yourself of the Minority Complex and stand proud along with the People of Sri Lanka as a True Citizen.