Ella-Wellawaya Road To Be Closed Further -Rocks Fallen To The Road And Those Are At Risk Of Falling To Be Removed

Badulla District Secretariet has today (28)decided to temporarily closed down the  Ella-Wellawaya Road which has been closed since last friday further during a meeting held at District Secretariet under the patronage of District Secretary Damayanthi Paranagama .

The decision has been taken due to the risk of falling rocks within the  20 to 25 Kilo Meter area of Ravana Ella further to the road it has been revealed .

According to the National Building Research Organization (NBRO)  the rocks that had fallen to the Ella -Wellawaya road last week had fallen from a height of 150 feet and there's a great risk of falling rocks in that area further .A permanant solution should be found for this problem NBRO officials  had  stressed during the meeting .

Officials  of Road Development Authority are due to begin removing the fallen rocks from the Ella -Wellawaya Road tomorrow(29)and the District Secretary Damayanthi Paranagana had advised the Road Development Authority hand over the duty of removing large rocks in the mountain area which are at risk of falling according to reports .

Earlier auhorities have closed down the Ella -Wellawaya road last friday until saturday morning after rocks had fallen to the road following a landslide occurred in the area .