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Two Youth Drowned While Bathing In Ma Oya

A 17 year old girl and a 15 year old boy of a same family had drowned in while bathing in Ma Oya yesterday (16) evening  according to the reports.

The deceased have faced this incident while bathing with a group of persons according to the Police.The bodies of them sent to the Marawila Hospital.

Thirty Persons Still Missing Due To The Garbage Dump Collapse -Government

While the number of dead  persons due to the Meethotamulle Garbage Collapse remains as 27 around 30 persons reported as missing due to the incident according to the Government.

However people who lives near the Garbage Dump in Meethotamulle have stated that the number of missing persons who may have buried with their houses due to the collapse may be more than 100.

Three persons who got injured due to the incident is still receiving treatment in Colombo National Hospital and one person is in Intensive Care Unit according to the Hospital Director Dr.Anil Jasinghe.

Meanwhile the funerals of 14 who died due to the Garbage Dump collapse held this evening at Kolonnawa Cemetery with participation of large number of people.However the displaced Meethotamulle residents have not allowed any  politician to take part in the funerals or to visit the Garbage Dump it has been reported.

Government To Compnasate The Familes Of Those Died Due To The Garbage Dump Collapse

Government has decided to compensate the families of those who died due to the collapsing of a section of the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump with Rs.100,000 each and up to Rs.2.5 million for property damages the Ministry Of Finance has announced this evening(17).

The Treassury has allocated necessary funds to provide cooked meals for those who are displaced due to the Garbage Dump collapse on last Friday(14)and steps will be taken either to build new houses for those who lives in risk area near the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump or to shifted them to new area the Ministry has stated.

For those whose houses have completely destroyed due to the incident will be provided with storied houses in a storied housing scheme as per the wishes of them Ministry has said.

Disposal Of Garbage To The Lands Belonging To Urban Development Auithority To Be Banned From 01st Of May

Disposal of Garbage to the Lands belonging to the Urban Development Authority (UDA) will be banned with effect from 01st of May according to the Minister of Megapolis and Western Development Patali Champika Ranawake.

If a Provincial Council or a state owned company would require an area  to dispose their garbage the above mentioned Council or the Company would have to bear the necessary expenses by utilizing  their allocated funds the UDA has announced.

Government To Dispose Garbage Collected In Colombo Temporarily To Two Places In Karadiyana And Dompe

Government has decided to dispose the Garbage collected in Colombo to two alternative places namely "Karadiyana" in Piliyandala and "Dompe" due to the collapsing of a section of a Meethotamulle Garbage Dump last Friday(14).
According to the Deputy Foreign Minister Dr.Harsha De Silva Garbage in Colombo will be disposed to these two places during next two weeks until finding  a permanent site to dispose the Garbage.

Daily around 800 metric tonnes of Garbage collected in Colombo had been  disposed to the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump till the collapsing of the dump.Even in the morning of last Friday authorities have  disposed garbage to the dump according to the residents.

Meanwhile many higher officials in Institutes have criticized the way some government ministers handled  the Meethotamulle Grabage Dump issue before the collapse had taken place.

The  Ministry Of Megalopolis have opposed a proposal submitted by the Western Provincial Chief Minister Isura Devapriya sometime back  to give permission to a company in United Kingdom(U.K) to take the Garbage collected in Meethotamulle Garbage dump to U.K for a recycling process.The Company has promised to pay 50% of the income generated through the recycling process to Sri Lankan Government it has been reported.

The angry residents lives  near the Meethotamulle Grabage Dump who were opposed the disposing of Garbage collected in .Colombo to the Dump since the beginning of the process have  told the media that if a vehicle belonging to the Urban Council ever arrived to Meethotamulle Garbage Dump again  to dispose Garbage there, they will set fire to that vehicle.

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