Area residents, the army and Government officials launched a major operation yesterday (22) to save the Udunowa tank in Rasnayakapura after a tunnel emerged from beneath the concrete layer near the tank's spill gate.
Officials said the tunnel had emerged from beneath the concrete layer and there was a clear danger to the spill gate from water escaping from the spot.
An operation was launched yesterday to pile sandbags in the area and officials from the Rasnayakapura Divisional Secretariat said that the situation was critical.
Text and Pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe in Puttalam
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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