President Anura Kumara Dissanayake invoked emergency regulations under the Public Security Ordinance on Friday night, making provision for the appointment of a Commissioner General for Essential Services and requisitioning of personnel, property and vehicles, as well as wide powers to the police and members of the armed forces to maintain law and order.
The regulations cited as the Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions and Powers) Regulations will give wide powers to the President to deal with the rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, including appointing any person as a competent authority for the purposes of the implementation of these emergency regulations
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The Colombo–Kandy main road at Pahala Kadugannawa has been closed indefinitely after a deadly rockfall in the area that left six people dead and four others injured.
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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.
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