Project to prevent landslides

Rafik JALALDEEN

Steps have been taken by the National Building Research Institute to implement a project preventing landslides and earth submerging in identified places of Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya and Matale districts with the assistance of Disaster Management Ministry.

President of the Landslide Study Unit of the Building Research Institute R.M.S. Bandara said Peradeniya was identified one of the major vulnerable places for landslides.

"We have taken prompt action to prevent any such situation there", he added.

Meanwhile, Padiyapelella town one of the trade hubs of the Nuwara-Eliya district also faces a landslide threat "The BRI had taken measures to prevent any landslides in the region by the systematic usage of land and drainage system", Bandara said.

He said a special plan has been implemented in Matale to prevent a recurrence of earth slips which this area is always prone to. Bandara said the project would be completed within three years. Rs. 51 million has already been allocated for the first stage.