Sri Lanka, March 25 -- The Chairman of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB), Chandana Bandara, states that water consumption has increased significantly due to the prevailing dry weather.

Addressing the media, he urged the public to use water sparingly whenever possible and warned that if the current dry weather conditions persists, water distribution may have to be limited.

"With the dry weather, consumer water usage has increased. Particularly in the Colombo District of the Western Province, water treatment plants can only supply water up to a certain limit.

"At Ambatale (Water Treatment Plant, we can produce 560,000 cubic meters per day, while Labugama has a limit of 150,000 cubic meters per day.

"We do not have the...