Several areas in the Galle District were submerged due to the heavy showers prevailed in the district yesterday (12) according to the Disaster Management Center.
Accordingly many houses and roads and tution classes in the Galle as well as low lying areas had been submerged yesterday as a,result of the floods occured due to the heavy showers it has been reported.
Four persons of the 'same family at a house in Gawaranhena area in Balangoda ,went missing due to a landslide occurred in the area,yesterday (12).The mother ,father and two daughter's of the same family at a house completely destroyed due to the landslide went missing it has been reported.
Altogether a house was completely destroyed and another two houses were partialy destroyed due to the landslide and the nine persons belongs to the two families lived in two.partially damaged houses were moved to a safe place after the incident according to the authorities .
Minister of Sports and Youth Roshan ranasinghe had decided to submit an appeal to the Supreme court on Monday (13) against the interim order issued by Court of Appeal this week against sacking Cricket board management .
The President of Sri Lanka Cricket Shammi De Silva has taken an interim order from Court of Appeal few days back against sacking Cricket board management and appointing an inrerim committee headed by Sri Lanka's former Cricket Captain Arjuna Ranatunge .Ministet Ranasinghe had decided to hire a group of private lawyers to make an appeal feom Supremecourt.
The National Building Resesrch Organization (NBRO) had issued landslide warnings to 54 divisional secretariets belongs to 08 districts in the island last evening (10) due to the heavy showers prevailing in .
Accordingly landslide warnings had been issued to 54 divisional secretariets in 08 districts including Badulla,Colombo Hambanthota and colombo districts.
A 38 year old person has died and three others including two females had fallen sick and hospitalized after consuming expensive liquor at a Birthday party held in a four storiedbuilding at Ethulkotte in Kotte area today (10).
Welikada Police are conducting an Inquiry over the incident and the Magistrate inquiry was conducted in this regard .
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