With the rains falling again, the main reservoirs in the mountains were overflowed this morning.
06 automatic spill gates of the Victoria Reservoir were opened by 09.30 this morning, releasing 17,700 cubic feet per second into the Randeniyala Reservoir.
Two spill gates of the Randenigala Reservoir were opened this morning, releasing 472 cubic meters of water per second into the lower Rantambe Reservoir. One spill gate of the Randenigala Reservoir was opened to a height of 01 meter and the other to a height of 2.5 meters.
The Digana Main Dam and Water Operations Division of the Sri Lanka Mahaweli Authority states that the capacity of the water flow released through the Minipe Anvil may change due to the spillage of the Victoria, Randeniyala and Rantambe reservoirs, and that the water spilled from the Loggaloya, Diyabana Oya, Hepola Oya and Ulhitiya reservoirs and the water from the Badulu Oya will again join the Mahaweli River, so be careful in the use of the river.
Nadeeka Daya Bandara – From Kandy.