Residents of Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, and Batticaloa experience electricity outages on a scale unknown in Colombo. Water supply infrastructure, damaged during the war and never adequately repaired, leaves communities dependent on wells and tankered water in ways that have no equivalent in the south.
Electricity and Water: Infrastructure Gaps the Government Won't Discuss
Tamil communities face routine power cuts and water shortages that their counterparts in the south rarely experience.
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