A Sudden Fire Destroyed A Room Attached To The Doctors Quarters Building At Mahamodara Hospital

A Room attached to the Doctors Official

Quarters at Mahamodara Maternity Hospital in Galle has been completely destroyed with furniture due to a sudden fire erupted in the Doctors quarters Building in wee hours of this morning  (09).

The fire  erupted in the second floor of the Building and fire Brigade attached to the Galle Municipal Council had doused the fire .

No one was injured due to the incident.

Electric short circuit may have caused the fire according to officials.

Several Divisional Secretariets in Four Districts Have Been Declared As Landslide Risk Areas

Due to the heavy showers prevailing in

many Districts of the country several Divisional Secretariets in Badulla, Kalutara ,Galle and Ratnapura Districts have been declared as  Landslide risk areas by the National Building Research Organization (NBRO).

Accordingly Haldummulla Divisional Secretariet in Badulla,Neluwa, Thawa lama, Baddegama Yakkalamulla ,Elpitiya,Niyagama Divisional Secretariets in Galle District and Ratnapura, Ayagama and Kalawanal Divisional Secretariets in Ratnapura a walallawita, Bulathsinghala, Mathugama  Divisional Secretariets   have been declared as Landslide risk areas .

Meanwhile several low land areas in Baddegama area have been submerged due to the heavy showers prevailing in .

A Couple Was Injured Due To A Motorcycle -Lorry Collision

A couple was injured and hospitalized

after the Motorcycle they were riding in colliding with a Lorry transporting food to Army Canteen at Thandikulam ,Vavuniya this morning (09).

The injured couple,A 18 year old female and 25 year old male have been admitted to Vavuniya General Hospital for treatment according to the Vavuniya Police.

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Five Families In Norwood Have Been Evacuated From Their Houses Due To A Landslide Threat

Members of five families residing in

New Wally area at Norwood (Up-country ) have been removed from their houses permanently by the authorities last night (08) as their houses are at risk of landslides it has been reported.

Earlier National Building Research Organization (NBRO)has requested the above families to evacuate from their houses permanently  as the houses already have cracks and at risk of Collapsing in to the Castlereagh Reservoir .

A Soil Mound located above these houses too at risk of Landslides it has been reported .

The five families evacuated from their houses are now located at their relatives houses temporarily and authorities are considering to provide them with a suitable land at Norwood area to build houses.