Around 79 Houses Have Been Completely Damaged Due To The Meethotamulle Garbage Dump Collapse

Around 79 houses completely damaged and 19 houses

partly damaged due to the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump collapse according to the Minister Of Disaster Management Anura Priyadarshana Yapa.

The Urban Development Authority will build 98 houses for  those familes diplsced due to the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump collapse and 60 houses already built will be allocated for the displsced the Minister has stated.The rest of the houses will be built soon he has stressed during a press briefing held yesterday (19) in colombo.

Government has also decided to provide Rs.250,000 each for the Meethotamulle Displsced familes to purchase household equipment for the new houses Minister Yapa said.

According to the latest statistics 1059 persons belonging to 245 families have been displaced due to tragic Garbage Dump Collapse.

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Government To Take The Responsibility Of The Meethotamulle Garbage Dump Collapse-

President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister

Ranil Wikramasinghe have today (19) announced that the government will take the full responsibilty of collapsing of the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump and will take steps to remove the garbage dump from the area within next few months.

Speaking at a meeting held in Disaster Management Ministry today President Sirisena has directed the authorities to provide houses for the displaced families in Meethotamulle Garbage Dump area with effect from tomorrow (20).

The removal of the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump from the area will be done under the guidance of Sri Lanka Army.

Meanwhile President Sirisena has removed the restrictions imposed when issuing compansations for the Meethotamulle incident.Prime Minister Wikramasingha had instructed treassury officials to issue necassary funds as soon as possible to pay compansations for the victims .

A Muslim Youth Committed Suicide By Jumping From A Storied Building

A Muslim youth had committed suicide this evening

(19) by jumping from a 15th floor of a storied building in Union Place ,Colombo.

Police believed the cause for the suicide is a love affair.

The deceased had been identified as a resident of Colombo -15(Mattakkuliya) .

Customs Officers Seized Two Containers Smuggled Into The Country Illegally

Sri Lanka customs officers have

today(19)seized  two containers smuggled in to the country which contains  illegally imported food items in Orugodawatte Container Yard.

The food items contains in the two containers worth around RS.120 million according to the customs .

The two containers had been illegally smuggled Into the country by a private company in Wattala it has been revealed .