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Kadugannawa landslide : Minister briefs Parliament on ongoing measures

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued a warning that, amid the ongoing inclement weather, a planned chemical blast at the site in Kadugannawa, along the Colombo–Kandy Road, could further aggravate the already unstable land conditions, Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake said. The Minister made these comments in Parliament, where he updated the House on the latest situation in Kadugannawa, where a landslide claimed six lives. “The advice for now is that at the 98th kilometre mark of the road, we have observed a depression in the road area. We hope to rebuild this section. Based on NBRO advice, we…

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