Floods are being occurred in Historical Somawathiya Temple and surrounding roads in the area Due to the heavy showers prevailing in Polonnaruwa District ( North Central Province) at present it has been reported.
Due to this situation the authorities have temporarily suspended the arrivals of Pilgrims to the area .Alms prepared by the Buddhist Monks in Somawathiya Temple had been transported to the statue of Buddha through boats according to Disaster Management Center(DMC).
Members of 67 families in Divisional Secretariets at Passara and Lunugala areas were removed from their houses yesterday(30)due to landslide threats according to the Disaster Msnagement Center.
The removed families are being located in collages of the respective areas the Center has stated.
A Police Constable attached to Special Crimes Investigations Division in Dematagoda Police was killed and a Sub Inspector has been injured and admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital due to a gun shooting incident occurred during a police raid at Jamburegoda area in wee hours of this morning (31).
A Group of persons fired gun shots towards the Police team during the raid it has been reported.Police investigation is underway regarding this incident .
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