During a North Central Naval Command operation off the coast of Mannar on Tuesday night (16), Sri Lanka Navy had seized two Indian fishing trawlers carrying eighteen fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Mannar.
Accordingly, the captured Indian fishermen and the poaching trawlers have been taken ashore at Mannar’s Thalpadu Pier.
The Talaimannar Fisheries Inspector will receive them to proceed with further legal action.
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said.
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