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| Thursday, 12 August 2004 |
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Immediate relief for drought stricken areas President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga convened a meeting of the Disaster Management Council last Tuesday to provide immediate relief to the seven drought stricken districts of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Hambantota, Kurunegala, Puttlam, Monaragala and Matale and to give necessary instructions to supply drinking water to these seven districts in addition to the seven districts of Badulla, Ampara, Trincomalie, Batticoloa, Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mannar. At this meeting it was decided to supply drinking water, to repair tube wells and to provide immediate drought relief as short term solutions. It was further agreed to release 50 water bowsers belonging to the three Armed Services and the Police for the use of District Secretaries who were charged with the task of supplying water to the people free of charges through the Water Supply Board. A proposal was made to facilitate labour by conducting "Drought Relief Campaigns" parallel to the one thousand irrigational tanks project. It was further decided to construct water tanks in areas identified as perennially drought stricken and to draw up plans to identify rural tanks and the irrigational network to implement drinking water supply projects. The Council also decided to implement these programmes through the Social Services Department with coordination by Presidential Secretary W. J. S. Karunaratne and the Disaster Management Council with the cooperation of the Ministries of Defence, Law and Order and Samurdhi. |
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