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Sri Lanka : President Ranil Wickremesinghe Briefs Cabinet ; Cites Intelligence Reports Warning Of Attempts By Certain Groups To Create Unrest
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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has briefed the Cabinet on intelligence reports warning of attempts by certain groups to create public unrest of the type that had happened on May 9 last year.
As per PTI report, The Cabinet spokesman and minister Bandula Gunawardena said the water crisis for cultivation caused by the ongoing drought was used by opposition groups to create problems in the cash-strapped country.
The farmers in the southwestern region of Udawalawe have been protesting for weeks demanding water for cultivation from the Samanalawewa reservoir — a dedicated reservoir to produce hydropower.
