Sluice gates open

9 July 2012 02:37 pm - 4 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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Following heavy rains in the Norton Bridge area, two sluice gates of the Lakshapana reservoir and six gates of the Wimalasurendra reservoir were opened this morning, after the water level had reached spilling level. (Pix by Ranjith Rajapaksa)

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Duchee Monday, 09 July 2012 03:02 PM

wow. go ahead rain god.. we are badly in need of you...

hilmi Monday, 09 July 2012 03:10 PM

this is a wonderful news.
Thanks god.

SL Monday, 09 July 2012 05:40 PM

Good news. Hope they can provide uninterrupted power supply at least till the end of A/L exams.

lionking Tuesday, 10 July 2012 09:03 AM

Easy come easy go! with the shortest rainfall reservoir get filled up and after a couple of weeks without rain it vanishes. This is a result of silt accumulation. Thus desilting of reservoirs have to be done to solve water shortages. Why i wonder this is not realised by the relevant authorities?

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