The Puttalam Magistrate’s Court has ordered the submission of two reports into last night’s explosion at the Aruwakkalu Sanitary landfill.
Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said these orders had been issued when Police had made submissions to Court regarding the incident, today (Oct 8).
“The Wanathavilluwa Police had previously received several complaints (against the landfill),” the Spokesman said in a statement.
Accordingly, the court had instructed the Puttalam Public Health Inspector and the North-Western Environmental Authority to submit reports on the incident in due course.
Further hearing of the case will take place on October 18.
Meanwhile, the Megapolis Ministry also said that a special investigation is underway into the explosion which is believed to have occurred inside a Regulation Tank where the leachate from garbage was being collected.
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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