Colombo taps run dry for 16 hours

Lakshmi de Silva

There will be a 16-hour water cut in Colombo and suburbs due to a repair of the Ceylon Electricity Board power supply system to the Ambatale water supply.

The water cut will be from 9.00 a.m today till 1.00 a.m tomorrow (Sunday), the National Water Supply and Drainage Board said.

The affected areas are: Colombo Municipality area, Peliyagoda town council area. Wattala, Mabola, and Ja-Ela Town Council areas and Pradeshiya Sabha areas, Mahara Pradeshiya Sabha area. Wattala Pradeshiya Sabha area, Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha area, Dompe Pradeshiya Sabha area, Biyagama Pradeshiya Sabha area, Biyagama export processing zone, Dekatana, Malwana Pradeshiya Sabha areas, Boralesgamuwa, Maharagama town council, Kotte Municipal Council area. Kolonnawa Municipal area, Kotikawatta Pradeshiya Sabha area, Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha area, Dehiwala Mt-Lavinia Municipal Council area, Kaduwela Pradeshiya Sabha’s Bataramulla, Hokandara and Malabe areas.