Sri Lanka need some rain !

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Sri Lanka is facing a draught through last few months and getting very less rain these days. People find really difficult to continue their day to day work due to lack of water. The news from different parts of the island are getting worse day by day.

About 90,000 people in four provinces of Sri Lanka have been affected by droughts with Jaffna being the worst hit district, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Sunday.The four affected areas are Sabaragamuwa, Eastern, North Western and Northern provinces, Xinhua news agency reported quoting DMC as saying. A total of 89,485 people from 27,885 families have been affected and Jaffna in the Northern Province is the worst affected district, with 69,113 people from 21,714 families impacted, the DMC said.According to the DMC, droughts in the South Asian island country usually occur due to the delay of monsoon onset or the temporal variability of rainfall. source

Samanalawewa reservoir is one of the largest water storages in Sri Lanka. In our last visit to Samanalawewa few days ago we were able to walk to the center of the reservoir .This draught seems to be very bad. The bottom of the reservoir is now looking like this. Looks like they haven't tasted some water for a while.

Skies are clear and clean. No sign of a rain cloud nearby. The agricultural sector is very much affected from this situation. Currently our government is planning on providing compensation for the farmers who lost their farms due to draught. The next problem is the drinking water. If the draught continue like this for 1 more month , I'm very sure that drinking water will be an critical issue for the island.

Twelve districts in Sri Lanka are facing a drinking water shortage due to droughts, the country's Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Monday.source