ECONOMYNEXT – Access to Gampola and Kandy cities in Sri Lanka, which faced the brutal assault from Cyclone Ditwah has been restored and relief workers and the military is attempting restore power and other utilities to the people, Deputy Minister Prasanna Gunasena said. “Flood levels in Gampola, Geli-Oya, Peradeniya and Gatambe from the overflowing Mahaweli River has now subsided,” Minister Gunasena said in a speech broadcast over Sri Lanka’s Sirasa Television. “We have opened the road from Peradeniya to Gampola. The supply line of fuel, medicine and food to Kandy has been restored through Kurunegala – Galagedera road. “We cannot…
Access to Kandy, Gampola towns in Sri Lanka restored after Cyclone Ditwah
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