Two teanagers had died and three others had been injured and hospitalized after a soil mound and a rock collapsing on their house at Ganapathiwatte in Alawatgugoda ,Kandy district this morning (25).
Five persons had been injured and admitted to Jambugahapitiya Hospital this morning following the soil mound collapse.The deceased were of the ages 16 and 18 years it has been revealed.
Due to the Adverse weather pattern prevails in the Island Sri lanka Railways had today(25) cancelled the Night mail train travelling from Colombo to Badulla and Vice versa .
The Special train scheduled to be travelled to Badulla from Colombo today to mark Chirstmas day also has been cancelled the Sri Lanka Railways Department has announced.
A Landslide threat is being occurred in Four districts of the Island due to the heavy showers experiencing at present according to the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) .
Accordingly landslide threat is being occurred in Kandy,Kurunagala,Matale and Nuwara-Eliya areas .Those who are living in hill and slope areas of those Districts need to be cautioned on Landslide signs the NBRO has stated .
An electric appliances and a large quantity of Thread at a Thread making factory located in Moronthuduwa in Wadduwa area (Western Province) had been destroyed due to a sudden fire erupted in the factory yesterday (24) according to Wadduwa Police.
Two fire Ambulances with fire fighters attached to the Kalutara Urban Council had doused the fire with the help of Residents in the area and Wadduwa Police ,The loss incurred due to the fire estimated as more than Rs.10 million.
To mark the Christmas which falls today (25) 309 prisoners have been given Presidential Pardon and scheduled to be released today according to the Prison authorities ,
Accordingly 306 Male prison inmates and 03 female Prison inmates selected from Prisons Island wide had received presidential pardon .
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