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| Saturday, 22 January 2005 |
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by Florence Wickramage The National Water Supply and Drainage Board has coordinated the cleaning up of 3855 wells in tsunami affected areas with support from local authorities, members of the forces, non-governmental organisations and volunteers, Working Director NWS&DB Sunil Sarath Perera told the Daily News yesterday. Perera said that in addition to cleaning up of wells purification of water for drinking purposes is also being done simultaneously. A special unit has been set up in the NWS&DB which could be reached by those who wish to get their wells cleaned up and water purified. The unit offers its services 24 hours of the day and offers expertise and provide chlorine for water purification. Volunteer groups interested in getting the wells in their areas cleaned up and water purified could call the NWS&DB on Telephone No. 2623623. The highest number of wells have been cleaned in the North and the East with 998 wells cleaned in Trincomalee and 800 in Ampara. The number of wells cleaned in Jaffna is 545 in addition to 425 in Kalutara, 390 in Galle, 272 in Matara, 336 in Hambantota and 99 in Mullaitivu 99. The cleaning up and water purification has been financed by several institutions, private companies and NGOs. |
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