Srilanka, Nov. 10 -- Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa has attributed the recent flooding in several parts of the Colombo Municipal Council area to a combination of inadequate drainage infrastructure, unauthorised constructions, irregular settlements and improper waste disposal.

Speaking during the weekly Cabinet media briefing today (10), Minister Jayatissa said the total length of the drainage and canal network within the Colombo Municipal Council limits is approximately 469 kilometres.

However, he noted that only around 20 kilometres of the network had been upgraded through various rehabilitation and maintenance programmes undertaken since 2014 to accommodate rainfall of up to 102 mm per hour.

The Minister noted that the...