President Instructs the Secretary of Health Ministry to Submit an Urgent Report on Price & Quality of Water Bottles

A special meeting on providing support for the people affected by the dry climate condition was held at Presidential Secretariat yesterday (05).

President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the Secretary of Health Ministry to submit an urgent report on the prices and quality of bottles of drinking water.

Providing drinking water facilities and other water requirements and the progress of the programme to supply dry rations were further discussed, the President’s Media Division reported.

The issues discussed included the drop in water sources, shortages in reservoirs and the problems in hydro power generation and the inefficiency of water for animals and the damage done by wild animals to crop and property.

President Sirisena stressed the importance of dissemination of information to the farmers through farmer organizations on the need for reconstructing tube wells established in central places and using water with frugality, and conducting short term programs regarding this.

The attention was given on the problems and progress of the Drought Fund program initiated under President’s instructions for the benefit of the agricultural families affected due to dry climatic conditions.