Government To Take The Responsibility Of The Meethotamulle Garbage Dump Collapse-

President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister

Ranil Wikramasinghe have today (19) announced that the government will take the full responsibilty of collapsing of the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump and will take steps to remove the garbage dump from the area within next few months.

Speaking at a meeting held in Disaster Management Ministry today President Sirisena has directed the authorities to provide houses for the displaced families in Meethotamulle Garbage Dump area with effect from tomorrow (20).

The removal of the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump from the area will be done under the guidance of Sri Lanka Army.

Meanwhile President Sirisena has removed the restrictions imposed when issuing compansations for the Meethotamulle incident.Prime Minister Wikramasingha had instructed treassury officials to issue necassary funds as soon as possible to pay compansations for the victims .

A Muslim Youth Committed Suicide By Jumping From A Storied Building

A Muslim youth had committed suicide this evening

(19) by jumping from a 15th floor of a storied building in Union Place ,Colombo.

Police believed the cause for the suicide is a love affair.

The deceased had been identified as a resident of Colombo -15(Mattakkuliya) .

Customs Officers Seized Two Containers Smuggled Into The Country Illegally

Sri Lanka customs officers have

today(19)seized  two containers smuggled in to the country which contains  illegally imported food items in Orugodawatte Container Yard.

The food items contains in the two containers worth around RS.120 million according to the customs .

The two containers had been illegally smuggled Into the country by a private company in Wattala it has been revealed .

QUOTES FOR LIFE

Number Of Dead Persons Due To The Meethotamulle Garbage Dump Collapse Increased To 33

The number of persons dead due to the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump Collapse increased today(19) to 33 as the search operations to find out the  persons who went missing due to  this tragic incident still continues.

Around 09 children are there among the dead according to the officials.

More than 1000 rescue workers including tri force and special task force personal are involved in the search operations in Meethotamulle Garbage Dump day and night in search of the missing.

Due to the collapse of a part of a Meethotamulle Garbage Dump on last Friday(14) around 200 families reported as displaced .

Meanwhile Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe who cut short  his official visit to Vietnam  and returned the country last night(18) due to the incident had visited the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump today and promised the residents of the area to clear the area soon and to provide every displace family a house.

A Female Was Gang Raped In Balangoda-Police Arrested One Suspect

A 45 year old female who is caring her paralyzed father was raped by four persons yesterday(18) in Pinnawala area according to the reports.

Pinnawala Police have arrested one of the four suspects involved in the  gang rape and currently investigating to arrest the other three suspects.The female who was subjected to rape admitted to the Balangoda Base Hospital the sources said.