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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Health Authorities Have Advised The Public In Flood Affected Areas Not To Use Well Water To Drink Until Purify

Health Authorities have advised the public in flood affected areas not to use the well water for drinking purposes until the Public Health Inspectors (PHI's) advise them to do so.A large number of wells in flood affected areas have been reported as polluted due to the recent floods and the water in these wells need to remove twice and chlorinated before using the water again authorities have stated.

The MOH Offices are providing the chlorine to purify the well water and in some flood affected areas the cleaning of wells already began it has been reported.

Meanwhile the landslide threats are still prevailing in some districts in the island it has been reported.

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A 15 Year Old Student Had Committed Suicide In Warakapola

A 15 year old student in Warakapola area had committed suicide by hanging himself this morning(13).

The deceased had committed suicide due to an advise given by his father it has been revealed.

In Past Six Months Around 20 Persons Were Killed Due To Collisions With Trains While Attempting To Take Selfies

Around 20 persons were killed during past six months of this year after colliding with trains while attempting to take selfies on the rail tracks it has been reported.

During last two days alone three were killed and one injured due to such incidents .

The Railway authorities are now planing to introduce a new mechanism in view of reducing the frequency of such incidents in future it has been reported.

Postal Services In The Island have been Paralyzed Due To The Postal Strike

Due to the 48 hour Island Wide Postal Union Strike launched by the Joint Postal Trade Unions Front since midnight last night(12) functions in all the Post Offices and sub Post Offices in the country have been paralyzed and nearly 300,000 undistributed letters have been s trucked in Colombo Central Mail Exchange it has been revealed.

The Joint Postal Trade Unions Front had launched the strike by demanding solutions for two demands including suspend the using of Post Officers for hotel projects.

If the authorities fails to provide solutions for the demands a Continuous Island Wide strike will be launched with effect from 26th of June the Front has stated.

Postal authorities have cancelled all leave of postal workers yesterday(12) to prevent the strike action.

A Motorcyclist Was Killed Due To A Wild Elephant Attack

A Motorcyclist was killed due to a wild elephant attack in Ellewwwa ,Polonnaruwa Distrait this morning(13).

The deceased had been identified as a resident of Ellewewa,Aralaganwila,Polonnaruwa.