A team of Police and soldiers have been deployed to rescue 22 hikers stranded on the Narangala mountain in in Hali Ela following heavy rains in the area, the Disaster Management Centre said.
The persons were stranded after strong winds and heavy rains prevented them reaching a safer area.
They are residents of Negombo.
Their tents had been blown off and they have been exposed to heavy rains and the cold weather conditions were affecting them, OIC of the Kandedara Police station Geeth Ratnayake said.
He said they have been able to maintain communications through their mobile phones so far.
By Prasad Rukmal
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
Mannar residents vowed to continue their protest against proposed wind power projects on the main island despite they came under attack on Friday night (26) when they tried to stop transportation of equipments following Presidential directive to go ahead with the project.
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