Sri Lanka, Jan. 8 -- The Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka has issued a special announcement on the current water levels of the Victoria, Randenigala and Rantambe reservoirs within the Mahaweli reservoir system.

According to the announcement, the Victoria Reservoir is presently 188cm below its spill level, while the Randenigala Reservoir stands 40cm below spill level and the Rantambe Reservoir is 151cm below spill level.

The Authority noted that none of the reservoirs are currently releasing water at present.

However, based on prevailing weather forecasts, it has been indicated that continued rainfall in the respective catchment areas could cause these reservoirs to reach their overflow levels.

In such a situation, the Randenigala Reser...