The water supply in several areas including Homagama, Pannipitiya and Godagama has been affected, after a water transmission line from the Kaltuwawa treatment plant burst this monring.
Among the other areas affected are Rukmalgama, Pelanwatta and Mattegoda areas.
A car had run off the road and caused damage to the pipeline.
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said repairs have commenced.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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