Landslide Risk Areas Have Been Identified In Ten Districts

Places in Ten Districts have been

identified as risk areas prone to landslides according to the National Building Research Organization ( NBRO).

Accordingly places in ten districts including Badulle,Nuwara Eliya,Matale,Kegalle and Ratnapura have been identified as landslide risk areas NBRO has stated.

Around 15,000 families are lives in these landslide risk areas and NBRO has planned to remove around 6000 families out of this number from their houses during this year it has been announced.

Meanwhile Meteorology Depatment has stated that heavy showers will occur in many parts of the Island tonight due to the low presure area developing  in the atmosphere  of  Bay of Bengal.

People in land risk areas are being requested to be vigilent over the landslude signs including cracks in earth and Tree falling .

Few Houses And Shops In Dambulle Have Been Submerged Due To Overflowing Of Canals

Few houses and shops located in

Dambulle city and the suburbs have been submerged due to the overflowing of few canals in the area following heavy showers it has been reported.

The submerged houses and shops are located in Dambulle city and Ihala Arawwala areas and the residents of the houses have been moved to safety places by the authorities.

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Depositors Of ETI Finance Limited Protested In Front Of The Company Building Demanding Their Depoists Back To Them

Ward Place in Town Hall area has been blocked this noon (17) due to a large number of depositors who had deposited their money in ETI Finance  Limited owned by Edirisinghe Group of Companies  have staged a protest campaign in front of the Finance Limited office in Watd Place demanding their deposit money.

The Depositors who have not received  interests for their deposits from long time had blocked the Ward Place and protested demanding their deposits back and to remove the four directors of the Finance Limited .

The depositors have  protested in front of the ETI Finance Limited in an earlier occasions as well ,However the owners of ETI had avoided meeting them it has been reported.

Due to the protest a traffic had been reported in the area this noon.