The Chairman of National Transport Commission M.A.P. Hemachandra was quoted as saying that 3,000 private buses will be deployed for the festive season, government news portal reported.
He said that buses will be operated to South, Kandy, Badulla, Polonnaruwa and Trincomalee from the Central Bus Stand in Colombo.
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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