Sluice gates of Kukuleganga reservoir open due to technical failure, alert issued: Irrigation Dept.

The irrigation department has issued a warning to the people who live along the downstream from the Kukuleganga reservoir to be on alert of sudden floods for about six hours.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Irrigation (Hydrology) Director S.P.C. Sugeeshwara said the sluice gates of the reservoir opened suddenly due to a technical failure.

With the opening of the sluice gates, 500 cubic meters of water per second is currently released from the reservoir.

The warning has been issued to the people living in Bulathsinghala, Ayagama and Parindanuwara Divisional Secretariates. This alert will last until the end of the day today. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)