Mannar District is located in Northern part of Sri Lanka consisted of 05 DS divisions with a population of 107,876. The district represents different ethnic communities and cultures. The district was one of the heavily suffered war torn district as well affected by Tsunami and recently affected by floods.

Now after the end of war the displaced communities are returning to their places of Origin. Ahathimurippu is one of the resettling village with the present population of 300 families struggling to sustain its returning community owing to lack of basic facilities specially with drinking water.

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Islamic Relief Worldwide [n.d] Community managed Village based water supply project, [online] Available: http://www.islamic-relief.me/project_proposals/Community_managed_Village_based_water_supply_project1.pdf