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Three deaths, 261 houses damaged, 6,073 displaced:
Rain havoc in Kalutara
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Earth slip blocks
Haputale - Beragala main road |
The Haputale
- Beragala main road in Pahala Galkanda at 186/10 kilometre post
has been blocked following an earth slip on Thursday around
11pm. Motorists are requested to travel along Beragala, Haputale,
Bandarawela , Kumbulwela, Ella and Wellawaya roads.
Meanwhile, two line rooms in Balakaduwa, Matale were destroyed
when a mound of earth collapsed on them.
No one was injured.
Meanwhile, the road along Dekatana – Colombo, Biyagama was
submerged after the Kelani Ganga overflowed on Thursday.
Around 3,500 persons belonging to 700 families have been
displaced.
The Biyagama divisional secretariat, disaster management
officers and Biyagama Police provided temporary shelter to
affected families.
Motorists and pedestrians are requested not to use the Colombo -
Dekatana road at Malwana town, Rakshapana, Yabaraluwa, Biyagama
junction, Bandarawaththa junction and Jayanthi Mawatha until the
water recedes.
Meanwhile, Kandy road via Kaduwela at 13 mile post has also been
submerged.
Meanwhile, 26 houses in Wele Handiya and Bomeriya in Nawagamuwa
have also gone underwater.
Sixty five displaced persons have been provided sheltered at
Bomeriya Kumarathunga Vidyalaya.
The Colombo - Avissawella road in Wele Handiya has also been
affected.
Motorists have been told to use optional routes. |
Three people died, 261 house were damaged and 6,073 persons displaced
in the Kalutara district due to rain and floods in the area, the
National Disaster Relief Service Centre said in a release yesterday.
District Secretary U D C Jayalal instructed provincial secretaries to
assist those affected. The three deaths were due to either drowning or
falling from trees in Beruwala, Horana and Bulathsinhala, the release
said.
The majority of displaced families are from Panadura and Wallallavita
Provincial Secretariat areas.
Fifty nine houses were damaged in Kalutara, 48 in Bandaragama and 51
in Panadura, the release said.
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