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World water day was celebrated in Sri Lanka on the 20-22 nd March with a series of events under the theme ?Water Cooperation?. The events were organized by the national water supply and drainage board with the help and the guidance of the ministry. There main idea was to increase the number of people who are getting pure and healthy drinking water. Sri Lanka is a tropical country where the country can be divided into three main geological areas namely: wet zone, dry zone and highly dry zone. People who live in the wet zone get rain throughout the year, hence the rivers in the area are full of water which results in pure drinking water for people. But the dry zone of Sri Lanka gets rain only from monsoon rains and therefore they have a dry climate over the year except for few months of rain. The rainwater from the monsoon rains are collected in tanks built in the dry zone. Then the water in the tanks are distributed among people for drinking and agri cultural purposes. The people who live in the highly dry zone get a very low amount of rain water and most of the year they suffer with lack of good water. Especially in the very warm months such as April and August they have to travel thousands of miles in search of water carrying their little children. The government and the authoritative bodies have seen into this issue and taken many actions in providing these people with healthy drinking water. Some of the actions include installing wells, tube wells, providing them with barrels of water etc. The main aim and the utmost target of these actions is to provide safe and healthy water to every one and hence increase Water Cooperation. |
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18 Comments
Thank you for sharing.
Posted 27-08-2013 18:48
Ishara, thanks for enlightening us about Sri Lanka.
Posted 12-06-2013 20:50
Good report Ishara
Posted 12-06-2013 17:56
Thanks for the article.
Posted 08-04-2013 21:31
nice report and thanks for sharing
Posted 08-04-2013 21:29
thanks for the share
Posted 04-04-2013 21:25
can RWH be an option? I hope dry areas get enough rain in monsoon...
Posted 04-04-2013 16:03
this is why we need some technologies that can purify water and sell it in affordable price
Posted 03-04-2013 19:18
thank you for sharing!
Posted 03-04-2013 19:16
informative!
Posted 03-04-2013 19:16
we are happy to know that..
Posted 03-04-2013 13:52
That's surprising. I thought that most area of Sri Lanka is hot all the time.
Posted 03-04-2013 09:27
@ Christy Lee... Most areas of Sri Lanka have a cool climate throughout the year since it is an island. But the highly dry zone gets a very low amount of rain...
Posted 03-04-2013 02:04
thanks for sharing :)))
Posted 02-04-2013 21:33
Nice report
Posted 02-04-2013 18:29
Thanks for your article Fernando.
Posted 02-04-2013 16:32
Oh thanks for the report! I thought that All regions of Sri Lanka is consist of wet zone. :)
Posted 02-04-2013 14:56
Thanks for sharing this information!
Posted 02-04-2013 13:28