In the article “In parched Sri Lanka, biggest shortage is of water policy”, countless villages are relying on government trucks and vendors providing fresh water. This has been an ongoing process due to a vicious cycle of droughts and floods. These environmental disasters cause fresh water to become a rarity and the people who don’t have money to buy fresh drinking water are subjected to dehydration and in extreme cases, death. \u00a0Because there is a pattern of the droughts and floods, the weather stations and national prevention services should send out alerts and give specific instructions on what precautions to take, prior to the event. Though there are outreach programs, they are minuscule to the countless villages suffering from lack of water.\u00a0This epidemic needs to be revised by the government officials. The government needs to take action now and start planning out ways to better handle these situations. They do not necessarily need to distribute all of the water in the reservoirs to the people, but they should look into what time of the year the farmers need the water to grow crops. If the farmers can find a way to grow crops at different times in the year, rather than all at the same time, this may reduce water scarcity. The government if fully capable of starting and carrying out these types of plans. Sadly, politics and bickering, are now higher on the grape vine than the people that make up the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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