Sri Lanka Irrigation Department says that water reservoirs in several districts have reached spill levels due to heavy rains experienced in the area.
Deputy Irrigation Director Janaki Meegaswewa has told the media that 24 tanks in three districts have reached spill level and that 13 of them are already over spilling.
Meegaswewa has said that spill gates in several tanks in the Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and Hambantota districts have been opened.
Spill gates in the Rajanganaya tank in Anuradhapura, Lunugamvehera, Mawara, Muruthawela reservoirs in Hambantota and Ambakolawewa, Halwatuna and Magalla tanks in Kurunegala have been opened.
Authorities have opened six spill gates of the Inginimitiya reservoir in the Puttalam district of the Northwestern Province this morning.
People living in low lying areas have been warned of possible floods.
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Deputy Irrigation Director Janaki Meegaswewa has told the media that 24 tanks in three districts have reached spill level and that 13 of them are already over spilling.
Meegaswewa has said that spill gates in several tanks in the Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and Hambantota districts have been opened.
Spill gates in the Rajanganaya tank in Anuradhapura, Lunugamvehera, Mawara, Muruthawela reservoirs in Hambantota and Ambakolawewa, Halwatuna and Magalla tanks in Kurunegala have been opened.
Authorities have opened six spill gates of the Inginimitiya reservoir in the Puttalam district of the Northwestern Province this morning.
People living in low lying areas have been warned of possible floods.
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