Airforce And Navy Deployed Helicopters And Boats To Rescue Over 200 Flood Victims In Thabbowa

The Airforce and Navy have deployed Helicopters and Boats besides their personal to rescue over 200 persons tarpped at Thabbowa area(In North Central Province) due to the floods it has been reported.

A large number of Army and Navy Personal have been deployed in most parts of the country to carryingout rescue and relief operations for flood victims .

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Navy Have Managed To Control Flood Waters Reached Parliament Complex

As the water level in Diyawanna Lake is on the rise the flood waters have reached the Parliament Complex situated in Sri Jayawardenapura ,Kotte today(17) it has been reported.

To control the flood situation at Parliament Building ,Sri Lanka Navy have recruited two  teams comprising with 132 Navy Personal (102 and 30 Navy Personal)for the duty in Parliment Complex .

The team has managed to control the flood waters reached Parliament by using sand bags the Sri Lanka Navy have announced.

The Bodies Of Two Persons Out Of Six Persons Reported As Missing Due To A Landslide In Kadugannawa Recovered

The bodies of two persons out of six persons who went missing due to a landslide occurred in Kadugannawa-Kandy area this morning have been recovered from the disaster site the disaster management center(DMC) has announced.

Accordingly the bodies of a female and her 15 year old child have been recovered from the landslide site at ilukwatte in kadugannawa the Center has stated.

Six Persons belonging to two families reported as missing due to the landslide.The Army Personal with the help of residents in the area are continuing search operations to rescue the remain four persons still missing DMC has further said.

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Eighty Four Camps Established In Nine Districts For Those Affected Due To Adverse Weather Conditions

According to the Disaster Management Unit attached  to Ministry Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine 84 camps have been established in 9 districts for those who affected due to adverse weather conditions prevailing in the country.

These Camps are situated at Colombo,Kilinochchci,Mannar,Kandy,Matale,Puttalam,
Kurunagala ,Gampaha and Kegalle Districts the Disaster Management Unit has stated.

A disaster management medical units have been established in government hospital on district basis and a doctor each was appointed to each district to coordinate disaster management activities the director gerneral of health services dr.palitha mahipala has stated during a special press briefing held today(17) at Health Education Bureau in Colombo.

A special programme has been implemented to uplift the health facilities of these people staying at camps including providing good quality food, drinking water and sanitary facilities in view of preventing the spreading of epidemics dr.mahipala has stressed.

A programme has implemented to hospitalized the  preganant mothers,small children and elderly mothers in the camps when need arise he has stated.

Medical Supplies Division has issued chlorine tablets for the flood affected areas to chlorinate the drowned wells and drinking water facilities dr,mahipala has further said.