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Moragahakanda-Kaluganga project moving ahead
A A L Dias - Matale district group corr
Construction of the Moragahakanda-Kaluganga irrigation project is in
progress.
The Mahaweli Authority will resettle 1,581 displaced families due to
new constructions.
Eleven minor tanks in the Kaluganga area will be rehabilitated and 10
have been completed by the Mahaweli Authority.
Selected displaced families will be resettled under the Thorapitiya
and Pitawela tanks soon.
Man stabbed to death
Ratnapura special corr
A man who had an illicit affair with a married woman was stabbed to
death by the woman's husband, Ratnapura Police said. The victim, 40, was
a resident of the Godigamuwa Rail road area.
Meanwhile, in another incident, a mother of three when washing
clothes behind her house, was hacked to death.
She was Delika Samanthi Piyasena, 35, of the Marapana colony, Police
said. Police found the knife used in the murder and they have identified
the murderer.
Director General DMC retires
Rasika Somarathna
Major General, Gamini Hettiarachchi (retd.), who headed the Disaster
Management Centre, retired after 7 years of distinguished service at the
institution.
As Director General of the DMC, Hettiarachchi spearheaded his team to
serve the public during several major natural disasters in the last
seven years, including the worst ever floods in the country’s history in
2011.
The Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management, Douglas
Nanayakkara has been appointed as Acting Director General of the DMC.
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