Four persons including three females had died and four others had been injured and hospitalized due to a Lorry -Van collision occurred at Thambuttegama -Eriyagama area(Anuradhapura District) this
This incident occurred when a Van had collided with the rear part of a Lorry travalling in the same direction it has been revealed.
Government had yesterday(04) issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification regarding the Water tariff revision approved by the Cabinet with effect from 01st of August.
Government had earlier announced the water tarrif revision which increased by 30 to 50 percent based on the number of Units consumers used.According to the Cabinet paper produced before the Cabinet by the Minister of Water Supply and Infrastructure development Jeevan Thondaman this new price revision will not be affected to Samurdhi beneficiaries and estate sector houses but affected all the government hospitals,schools,charities ,religious places and public water taps as well.
Under the new water tarrif revision tne Rs.20 per unit charge for first five units had been increased to Rs.60 per unit it has been announced.The Sewege tax is also increased under this revision.
The Litro Gas Company which reduced the Gas prices on few occassions recently is being attempted to increase the Gas prices under it's monthly price revision scheduled for today(04) according to the Company sources.
The Price of a Metric tonne of Gas in the World Market had been increased from US Dollars 78 to 85 and therefore need to add that also when the new price revision is prepared the Chairman of the Litro Gas Company had stated.
Around 18 Passangers were injured and admitted to the Watawala Divisional Hospital and Nawalapitiya District Hospital (Nuwara-Eliya district) as the Bus they were travelling in veering off the road and toppled over to a precipice on Colombo -Hatton main road in wee hours of this morning (01).
Around 100 passangers were travelling in the Sri Lanka Transport Board(SLTB) Bus travelling from Colombo to Nuwera-Eliya at the time of the incident it has been reported.The critically injured passangers were transferred to the Nawalapitiya District Hospital from Watawala Hospital for further treatment .The incident occurred when the Bus driver had attempted make a Away for a Bus arrived from the opposite direction .
Vavuniya Prison had been temporarily closed down for two weeks, with effect from yesterday (31) due to an Infectious disease spreading among the prison inmates according to the Prison Authorities .
Due to the infectious disease that spreads among Prison inmates ,meetings between prison inmates and relatives as well as interactions among iinmates and transporting them to courts had been restricted since 27 th of July the authorities had stated.
