More Than 804,000 Have Been Displaced And Affected Due To Adverse Weather

More Than 804,000 persons have been displaced and affected due to the Adverse Weather conditions prevailed in the country since last week according to the Disaster Management Center.

Around 683,000 persons who have been affected and displaced due to the floods and landslides still in makeshift camps the Center has stated.

The Adverse Weather  have been affected to 15 districts and out of it 08 districts suffered the most it has been reported.

The water levels of majority of the submerged areas now receded and few places still under few feet  of water due to unauthorized constructions it has been revealed.

Meanwhile Minister Susul Premjayantha has taken the law into his hands last Saturday to remove a bridge which is an unauthorized construction lead to a company in Kaduwela as the residents of the area have complained that due to the bridge water level in the area  not receding .