Sri Lankan women carry pots as they look for water in a dry reservoir in the north-western town of Puttalam. Sri Lankan women carry pots as they look for water in a dry reservoir in the north-western town of Puttalam on September 2, 2004. Sri Lanka, battered by high global oil prices and a punishing drought that have sent the cost of local goods soaring, is talking to India and Pakistan about importing cheaper foreign food. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi