Sri Lanka, April 17 -- Three individuals who travelled to spend the New Year holidays died yesterday (16) after drowning while bathing in two reservoirs in the Kuttigala and Mahawa areas.

Two men lost their lives in the Kachchigala Tank within the Kuttigala Police Division.

Police investigations revealed that they encountered this situation while on a pleasure trip with a group of people.

The deceased are aged 60 and 78, and were residents of Radawana and Imbulgoda. Kuttigala Police are conducting further investigations into the matter.

In a separate incident within the Mahawa Police division, a 17-year-old youth died after drowning in the Uduweriya Tank.

The youth, a resident of Moratuwa, was visiting a relative's house in Mahawa wh...