Ram Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:52 AM

This is pathetic. President Premadasa provided tube wells in the dry zone in some areas. Why can't this government get some tube wells to serve these poor families? Private Companies that do tube wells please help them. If a private company start a project there would be people who will subscribe and I will be one of them

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Sandy Tuesday, 22 August 2023 08:33 AM

Rainwater harvesting should be implemented in dry areas.

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Too much water used for agriculture causing the problem Tuesday, 22 August 2023 09:15 AM

Government believes agriculture is the future of the nation. First it should ensure there is always enough water for drinking, cooking, and bathing, and then agriculture is after that. In many countries farmers have to pay for water from either rivers, natural sources or that released from dams. Farming is the greatest cause of carbon pollution, and climate change here is totally to do with the agriculture sector. Blaming industrialists and factories is unfair when farmers destroy jungle or otherwise destroy wild vegetation for their farming causing the climate change problem.

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Rathnavali Tuesday, 22 August 2023 09:20 AM

Sad.....that the previous ruler spent so much on roads used mostly by the rich and middle class whereas he failed to think about the plight of the poor from whom he got the massive number of votes! He could have easily arranged pipe borne water for these people having spent millions of the tax payers' money on road construction.

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J Julampitiya Tuesday, 22 August 2023 01:10 PM

A private enterprise ultimately come to rescue. Public enterprise is there to supply mainly in rain zones, now at unbearable rates. When there is no govt. elected by the people, they don't bother. Systems and policies have to be changed, essentially dropping srimania and all so called srimath honorables(local

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Jerome Jayamaha Tuesday, 22 August 2023 01:39 PM

People struggle for the most essential human need in a country where highest % of drinking water available on the globe, compaired with the extent of its land. Who is responsible?

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dot v Tuesday, 22 August 2023 01:39 PM

I wonder whether all those clearing for roads and the bitumen covering led to further evaporation of ground water in the regions ,add to this the water diversion for industries and farming has further aggravated the situation ..This has divided a nation in another manner .the urban dweller with tap water fr drinking and toilets and the urban dweller seeking water like in the outback of Africa.How did this happen ?

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Bryan Ekenaike Tuesday, 22 August 2023 01:43 PM

Do the tourists, who are claimed to be the back bone of our economy and come here to see what a 'paradise' is, see the plight of our own people?? in this so called 'paradise'?? These pictures are so sad.

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