EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG

Friday, January 25, 2019

A 24 hour water cut will be imposed in ten areas in Colombo including Maharagama and Boralesgamuwa areas from 8 a.m tomorrow (26) to 8 a.m Sunday (27) due to an urgent repair work of a pipeline according to National Water Supplies and Drainage Board.

Accordingly Water cut will be imposed in Maharagama, Boralesgamuwa, Pannipitiya ,Rukmalgama,Kottawa ,Palanwatte ,Homagama, Meepe and Padukka areas .

Water Board has requested the public in the areas to store sufficient amount of water to use during the water cut period.

Around 04 Acres Of Land At A Pinus Reserve In Watawala Destroyed Due To A Fire

Around 04 acres of land belonging to a

Pinus cultivation at a reserve in Watawala ,Hatton had been destroyed due to a sudden fire erupted at the cultivation last night (25).

The fire which erupted in an area near the Tamil Collage in Watawala had extinguished this morning (25)due to the extreme cold weather condition and mist prevailed in the area it has been revealed.

The fire had spreads rapidly last night due to the hot weather and strong winds in the area and Police believes a group of persons might have lit the fire in the reserve .

Watawala Police are conducting an investigations on the incident.

TWO SRI LANKAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED, THREE INJURED IN MALI

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Police Identified 24 Powerful Drug Smugglers Fled Away From The Country

The Department of Police has identified

24 Powerful Drug Smuggler who had fled away from the country recently according to the Police Media Spokesman Superintendent Of Police (SP )Ruwan Gunasekare .

The Department is currently considering to confiscate the assets belonging to those smugglers SP Gunasekare had stated .

He has revealed this during a Drug Awareness Seminar held at Information Department in Narahenpita this morning (25 )coincides with the National Drug Awareness Week launched st schools .

24 Indian Nationals Had Been Arrested With Expired Visas

The Immigration and Emigration

Department officials have arrested 24 Indian Nationals who had stayed in the country illegally with expired visas whilst working at a factory in ingiriya area ,Nugegoda this evening (25).

The 24 suspects are due to be detained at Detention center at Mirihana ,Nugegoda until the investigations on them Is concluded.