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<p>Sri Lanka faces concerns regarding water quality for a number of reasons, including
floods and droughts. This is common across the island. The British High Commissioner
most recently raised water quality during a visit to Jaffna in June 2018. The Mayor
of Jaffna highlighted a number of challenges faced in the north around access to water,
but he did not raise the Chunnakam power plant as a concern.</p><p>Officials at the
British High Commission have subsequently been in touch with the Regional Support
Centre (North) of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, as well as the Director
of the Regional Health Service. Neither raised pollution at the Chunnakam power plant
as a current concern. We understand that the plant is no longer functioning and that
there is a case ongoing to determine whether the plant was responsible for pollution
in that area.</p>
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