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Monday, October 28, 2019

COMMEMORATING LATE RUKMANI DEVI

A Person Was Arrested With 6000 Illegal Foreign Cigarette Sticks

A person was arrested by the Special

operations Unit of the Colombo Excise Department with 6000 foreign Cigarette sticks smuggled in to the country from Dubai without paying taxes at Galoluwa area in Minuwangoda yesterday (27).

The suspect was later released on bail and scheduled to be produced before Excise Commissioner General shortly to charge a fine it has been revealed .

The estimated value of the stock of Cugarette Sticks taken in to custody in possession of the suspect is around Rs.300,000 it has been revealed .

A Female Was Killed And 10 Others Injured Due To Jeep-Van Collision

A 45 year old Female had been killed

and 10 others had been injured and hospitalized after a Jeep travelling from Anuradhapura to Trincomalee colliding with a Van arrived in from Trincomalee near Ambagahawela Junction in Mihinthale this morning (28).

The injured including five persons travelled in Van and six persons travelled in Jeep including the driver had been admitted to the Anuradhapura General Hospital for treatment where a critically injured female had succumbed to her injuries .

Mihinthale Police have arrested the Jeep driver in connection with the accident .

Ella-Wellawaya Road To Be Closed Further -Rocks Fallen To The Road And Those Are At Risk Of Falling To Be Removed

Badulla District Secretariet has today (28)decided to temporarily closed down the Ella-Wellawaya Road which has been closed since last friday further during a meeting held at District Secretariet under the patronage of District Secretary Damayanthi Paranagama .

The decision has been taken due to the risk of falling rocks within the 20 to 25 Kilo Meter area of Ravana Ella further to the road it has been revealed .

According to the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) the rocks that had fallen to the Ella -Wellawaya road last week had fallen from a height of 150 feet and there's a great risk of falling rocks in that area further .A permanant solution should be found for this problem NBRO officials had stressed during the meeting .

Officials of Road Development Authority are due to begin removing the fallen rocks from the Ella -Wellawaya Road tomorrow(29)and the District Secretary Damayanthi Paranagana had advised the Road Development Authority hand over the duty of removing large rocks in the mountain area which are at risk of falling according to reports .

Earlier auhorities have closed down the Ella -Wellawaya road last friday until saturday morning after rocks had fallen to the road following a landslide occurred in the area .