Exit And Entry Points At The Southern Expressway's Athurugiriya Interchange Have Reopened

The exit and entry points at the Athurugiriya Interchange of Southern Expressway which closed down due to the adverse weather conditions have opened today(21) for motorists according to Road Development Authority(RDA).

The Athurugiriya Interchange was closed due to the floods and inundating roads in Athurugiriya and surrounding areas the authority has stated.

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Sri Lanka Army Concluded The Search Operations Carried Out At Landslide Site In Bulathkohupitiya

Sri Lanka Army had today (21)concluded the search operations began  to find survivors of the landslide occurred at Kalupahanawatte ,Bulathkohupitiya Area in Kegalle District  last Tuesday(17).

During the search operations Army Personals have recovered 14 bodies and 2 human body parts buried under the landslide site.

However still 16 persons were reported as missing due to the landslide.The rescue operations to find missing persons were hampered last few days due to the prevailing bad weather conditions.

Another Landslide Strucked Aranayake In Kegalle District

Another landslide has occurred today (21)at Aranayake in Kegalle District (In Central Province) where two landslides had occurred few days ago according to the National Building Research Organization(NBRO).

The latest landslide has occurred in Berawila Mountain and no casualties have been reported so far from the landslide site   the NBRO has stated.

Due to an earlier landslide occurred in Aranayake few days ago  around 300-400 persons have feared to be dead and 140 persons still reported as missing it has been reported.

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Main Water Refinery In Ambathale Is To Closed Down If The Water Level Increased To 23 Feet

The main water refinery in Ambathale ,Colombo will be closed if the water level reach up to 23 feet from the current level of 19.11 feet Minister Rauf Hakeem has announced today(20) in parliament.

However as the water level in Kelani River is decreasing at present there's no threat of closing down the Ambathale Refinery the Minister has stated.

If the Ambathale Water Refinery is close down the water supply to Colombo has  completely stopped he has further added.

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