Over 600,000 Sri Lankans Face Drought

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The number of people affected by drought in Sri Lanka has increased to 613,326, according to a situation report released on Monday by the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Centre (DMC).

DMC reported that people in 11 administrative districts in the Northern half of Sri Lanka have been affected by lack of drinking water, heat and crop failure.

Puttalam district is worst hit with the highest number of 216,670 persons.

However, DMC spokesperson, Pradeep Kodippili, said the Southern and Central parts of Sri Lanka have been experiencing rain during the past few days.

“Initially, we issued a landslide warning for some areas in Central Sri Lanka.

“We lifted the warning later after the rain subsided,” the spokesperson said.