Air Force Rescue Team Located The Five Missing Persons At Sri Pada

The Sri Lanka Air Force rescue team engaging in

search operation to find out the five persons  who have gone missing since yesterday (12) evening after entering Hamilton forest reserve in historic Sri Pada religious site have been  located the missing persons this evening according to reports.

The five missing persons including two females are being located by rescue team carried by  Sri Lanka Air Force bell-412 Helicopter .

Earlier one of the missing persons made a call to 119 emergency line and informed that they entered  the forest reserve to see a dwarf elephant lives in Seven Virgin hills and will set up a fire so the rescue teams can find  the place they are in.

Earlier it has been reported five pilgrims have gone missing after entering the Hamilton forest reserve.

The five missing persons  including the son of the Laxapana Tea Estate Manager,his friends and a domestic guide entered the forest reserve through the upper division of Lakxapana Estate according to the Nallathanniya Police.

Four out of the five missing persons are residents of Nugegoda (Colombo) it has been stated.

Sri Lanka's Internal War Which Ended In May 2009 Had Cost The Country Rs.200 Billion - Former Indian Foreign Secretary Menon

Sri Lanka's internal war between Sri Lanka Army and

LTTE which ended in May 2009 had cost the country Rs.200 billion according to the former Indian Foreign Secretary and National Security Advisor Shivhankar Menon.

This estimate does not include the opportunity cost which was once  the fastest growing and the most open economy in South Asia according to the former Indian Foreign Secretary Menon's book "Choices inside the making of India's Foreign Policy" the Indian media has stated.

The book has stated that  during  1983-2009 around 80,000 -100,000  lost their livesvdue to the war.Among them were 30,000-50,000 civilians ,23,790 Sri Lanka Army personal , 27,693 LTTE Rebels and 1155 members of Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF).

The final stages of war created a little over 300,000 refugees or internally displaced persons(IDP'S)  and had also left around 1.6 million land mines in the north and eastern provinces.

The former Indian National Security Advisor Menon has stated from his book that LTTE Leader prabhakaren had left his Sri Lankan Tamil community gutted and brutalized by his war.

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Five Pilgrims Have Gone Missing At Hamilton Forest Reserve In Sri Pada

Five pilgrims including two females have gone missing

after entering the Hamilton forest reserve based in Sri pada premises yesterday (12) evening according to the Nallathanniya Police.

Out of the five persons who have gone missing, four are residents of Nugegoda (Colombo) and other is an estate worker attached to Lakshapana Estate the Police have stated.

The five missing pilgrims were entered the Hamilton forest reserve through upper division of the Lakshapana estate in Nallathanniya area it has been revealed.

Nallathanniya Police officers had launched a joint search operation with Laxapana army camp officers  to find the five missing pilgrims.

Navy Lieutenant Had Drowned In Kala Oya While Bathing

A Navy Lieutenant attached to Mulkulam Naval Base

in Puttalam (North Western Province)  had drowned in Kala Oya  (River) yesterday (12)while bathing there with few other Navy Officers.

The body of the deceased Naval Officer Sunimal Deepthi Kumara (42)of Kandana had sent to Puttalam Base Hospital for post mortem.

The deceased officer  had arrived at a site near Kala Oya in Eluwankulama  at Puttalam yesterday (12) evening to attend a party and during the party the deceased and few other fellow officers went to Kala oya for bathing it has been revealed.

First Sri Lankan Flight Left For Chennai This Morning After Yesterday's Flight Cancellation

The first Sri Lankan Airlines flight to Chennai ,India had left this morning from Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport to Chennai International Airport after yesterday's flight suspension due to cyclone "Vardha' .

The Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL-129 had left Chennai this morning at 11.26 a.m although it earlier  scheduled to leave at 7.20 a.m from the Katunayake Airport .The flight left  after received clearance from Chennai International Airport it has been announced.

Sri Lankan Airlines yesterday announced a temporary cancellation of it's flights to Chennai following the cyclone "Vardha' hit Tamil Nadu.