A protest was held during the early hours of today (03) in the Puttalam town against the transporting of garbage from Colombo to the Aruwakkalu garbage dump.
During this protest organised by the ‘Organization for a Clean Puttalam’ a group of around 500 gathered at dawn along the Puttalam lagoon area and began jeering at the tipper vehicles transporting garbage to Aruwakkalu.
Personnel from several police stations were deployed at the Puttalam lagoon coastal area due to this protest. According to media reports, the Police riot control squad too was deployed at the site of the protest.
Special security had been provided from Mundalama to tipper vehicles transporting garbage from Colombo to the Aruwakkalu garbage dump.
Police and the Sri Lanka Army were involved in providing these security measures.
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.
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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