Landslide risk: thirty families evacuated from Dikarawa
Thirty families from Dikarawa of Badulla have been temporarily evacuated from their homes.
Deputy Director of the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), Pradeep Kodippili stated that the residents had been evacuated upon detection of the formation of cracks in the region.
The evacuated populace has been temporarily resettled at the National Youth Corps Training Centre in Bindunuwewa, Bandarawela.
A few days ago, a group of residents of Dikarawa, a region which falls under the Ella Divisional Secretariat division, had engaged in a demonstration owing to the risk of landslides in the area.
Source – 28/07/2017, Ada Derana, See more at – http://www.adaderana.lk/news/42216/landslide-risk-thirty-families-evacuated-from-dikarawa
26 held for illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to the Northern Naval Command arrested 26 suspects engaged in illegal fishing activities without valid fishing passes, in the Manatkadu sea area, Point Pedro yesterday, Navy said.
Sixteen (16) dinghies, 233 fishing nets and 2 GPS units were also taken into naval custody along with the suspects. The arrested persons and their fishing items were handed over to the Point Pedro Fisheries Inspector for onward investigations.
Source – 27/07/2017, Times Online, See more at -= http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1028494/26-held-for-illegal-fishing
