Water leak repairs cause heavy traffic in Borella

Newswire reports that a drainage main on Dudley Senanayake Mawatha in Borella failed on Tuesday the 20th, disrupting traffic. Mayor Vraie Cally Balthazaar said the pressurised pipe was over five decades old.

Newswire says the Colombo Municipal Council’s Drainage Division undertook the work and completed it in less than a day. Balthazaar credited municipal employees for finishing the repair despite the old pipe and the complexity of the task, and said public money had been used to restore the service.

Before the road reopened, Ada Derana and Hiru News reported serious congestion in Borella linked to pipeline damage or leakage work. Ada Derana and Newswire reported restrictions on the Colombo-bound side near D.S. Senanayake Junction; Newswire said alternate routes were recommended. Ada Derana’s Tamil-language report described the affected inbound route as the stretch from Model Farm Junction towards D.S. Junction.

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