Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- More than 7,000 people across several districts have been severely impacted by a drinking water shortage caused by the prevailing dry weather conditions affecting the island.

According to the Disaster Management Center (DMC), a total of 7,258 individuals from 2,295 families in the Kalutara and Ratnapura districts have been affected by the lack of drinking water.

Accordingly, the residents of the Matugama Divisional Secretariat Division in the Kalutara District, as well as those in the Weligepola, Eheliyagoda, and Kalawana Divisional Secretariat Divisions in the Ratnapura District, have been particularly impacted by the drinking water shortage.

In response to an inquiry from "Ada Derana," the Director General of th...