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Waterless residents get CEB shock
By Nalaka Nonis
Residents in Colombo and its suburbs were badly affected by the prevailing water cuts and several areas are yet to recover from the crisis. The National Water Supply and Drainage Board has assured the public that the situation would improve today.

Individuals and organisations complained they hadn't received water for two to three days while some said the water they received was salty. People in Maharagama, Kollupitiya and Modera said they were badly affected by the water cuts.

A resident from Maharagama said they did not receive water for the past two days and were forced to buy drinking water. Another resident from Modara complained that the little water they received was salty.

A spokesperson for the Durdans Hospital told The Sunday Times it hadn't received water for two days and they were obtaining water in bowsers. Ratnam Hospital officials said they received only a little water yesterday.

NWSDB Assistant General Manager R.S.C. George said people should use water sparingly without using it for gardening, washing vehicles or such purposes until the rains. He also requested the public to inform the Board of any leakages.

Meanwhile the CEB said as the generation of hydro electricity was being severely curtailed by the drought it hoped to operate the standby 100 KVA diesel plant.

It appealed to institutions and industries to use their standby generators to ease the national grid. CEB sources said the Government has decided to grant an incentive of Rs. 3 for each self-generated unit of electricity.

Further details could be obtained regarding this incentive from the nearest CEB Area Engineer they added.

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