The Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka has informed it does not have sufficient water in reservoirs to be released for hydropower generation.
The Mahaweli Authority has informed the Ministry of Power and Energy in this regard via a letter today (03).
The Authority revealed that it does not have sufficient water due to not receiving rainfall as expected.
The Mahaweli Authority says required volumes of water required for hydropower generation on January 30 and 31 were released from reservoirs as the Meteorology Department had forecast a substantial amount of rainfall from January 31 to February 02.
However, adequate rainfall was not received during this period as per the forecast by the Meteorology Department, the Mahaweli Authority says it was decided to release water required for irrigation in Maha and Yala seasons, drinking, livestock farms and hydropower generation as per usual. (NewsWire)