EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG: Aug 3, 2023

Thursday, August 3, 2023

විශ්වාසය හා කැපවීම මත පදනම් වූ සැබෑ ආදරයක පැවැත්ම සදාකාලික වන අතර මුහුනු පොතේ දිග ඇරෙන තාවකාලික ආදර කථාවල මෙන් විරාමයන් හා බිද වැටීම් දක්නට නොලැබේ(උපුටා ගැනීමකි)

Four Persons Died Due To A Van-Lorry Collision

Four persons including three females had died and four others had been injured and hospitalized due to a Lorry -Van collision occurred at Thambuttegama -Eriyagama area(Anuradhapura District) this

This incident occurred when a Van had collided with the rear part of a Lorry travalling in the same direction it has been revealed.

Government Increased Water Tarrifs By 30-50 Percent

Government had yesterday(04) issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification regarding the Water tariff revision approved by the Cabinet with effect from 01st of August.

Government had earlier announced the water tarrif revision which increased by 30 to 50 percent based on the number of Units consumers used.According to the Cabinet paper produced before the Cabinet by the Minister of Water Supply and Infrastructure development Jeevan Thondaman this new price revision will not be affected to Samurdhi beneficiaries and estate sector houses but affected all the government hospitals,schools,charities ,religious places and public water taps as well.

Under the new water tarrif revision tne Rs.20 per unit charge for first five units had been increased to Rs.60 per unit it has been announced.The Sewege tax is also increased under this revision.

Litro Gas To Revise Prices Today (04)

The Litro Gas Company which reduced the Gas prices on few occassions recently is being attempted to increase the Gas prices under it's monthly price revision scheduled for today(04) according to the Company sources.

The Price of a Metric tonne of Gas in the World Market had been increased from US Dollars 78 to 85 and therefore need to add that also when the new price revision is prepared the Chairman of the Litro Gas Company had stated.