The Ceylon Electricity Board Joint Trade Union launched a protest opposite the CEB headquarters.
According to reports demonstrators gathered to protest against the Power and Energy Ministry decision to revoke the allowance paid to the clerical and other staff and the preferential treatment given to technical staff.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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