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.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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