Sri Lanka, May 16 -- Approximately 13,000 litres of diesel and petrol were discharged following a bowser accident on Tuesday (14) along the Nuwara Eliya-Kirimetiya road, raising serious environmental concerns after fuel leaked into key water sources and the Upper Kotmale Reservoir.

The accident occurred in the Clanton Watta area along the Nuwara Eliya-Kirimetiya road, when a private fuel bowser transporting a total of 27,000 litres of fuel from the Kolonnawa terminal to Welimada overturned due to adverse weather conditions. The bowser was carrying 13,800 litres of petrol and 13,200 litres of diesel at the time of the incident.

Following the crash, a significant volume of fuel spilled onto the roadway and nearby surroundings. Eyewitnesse...