IANS | 17 Jul, 2019
Severe dry weather in Sri Lanka has affected over 5.5 lakh people across
the South Asian island nation, officials said on Wednesday.
As
of Wednesday noon, 567,662 people belonging to 159,123 families were
affected by the dry weather and drought. Steps are being taken to
provide them with clean water, Xinhua news agency quoted officials of
the Disaster Management Center (DMC) as saying.
Officials are
continuing to send water tankers to the affected areas to supply the
people with fresh water, said Assistant Director of the DMC, Pradeep
Kodippili.