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Landslides and floods mar Sri Lanka’s landscape
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Several landslides have scarred Sri Lanka’s landscape ripping up chunks of the central hills in particular, dislodging boulders, wrecking roads and railways, while turning villages and towns into rubble, the result of a cyclone that left the island shell-shocked on November 28.
More than half of the reported landslides occurred in the Badulla, Kandy and Matale Districts.
A UN Development Programme report on the cyclone destruction shows Badulla District and Kandy District bore the brunt of Cyclone Ditwah’s fury, which set off 1,200 landslides across Sri Lanka.
Flooding is estimated to have affected 530,000 hectares of rice paddy land, the UNDP report notes.
Two weeks since the cyclone’s devastation, roads, bridges and railway lines are being rebuilt.
All 25 districts were affected due to the adverse weather, with 1,637,960 people belonging to 473,138 families impacted.
82,813 people are still housed in 847 safe shelters.
As per the police Gampola-Nuwara Eliya road has been reopened for light vehicles.
Katukithula, Ramboda Ella, and Tawalantenne had experienced landslides, but the roads in these areas have now been restored.
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has identified 2,377 sites as vulnerable to landslides.
It says evacuation red notices remain in effect for 10 Divisional Secretariat divisions in the Kandy and Kurunegala Districts.
15 train sets that were halted in Kurunegala, Pulgawila, Rambukkana, Mahawa and Ganewaththa have resumed service.
Reconstruction work of the upcountry line is still taking place based on
the recommendations provided by the
Railways Department.
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