Sri Lanka, Nov. 4 -- The DCS in the 2024 Housing Preliminary report says that 2.8 per cent, or 168,000 of the total occupied housing units, have their walls made out of mud and stones, which can often be damaged easily in harsh weather conditions. A further 102,000 or 1.7 per cent of houses have their roofs covered with Palmyra tree leaves, cadjan and straw. The DCS says, "The highest percentage of housing units with roofs made of asbestos is recorded from the Polonnaruwa District (75.5 per cent). The districts reporting the highest percentages of housing units with tin roofs are Nuwara Eliya (16.1 per cent), Badulla (8.4 per cent), and Mullaitivu (5.0 per cent), respectively. It has been reported from the Badulla District that 5.7 per ce...