Sri Lanka reopens all major roads after Ditwah, Kandy road in daytime

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Road Development Authority has re-opened all major roads after Cyclone Ditwah, and the Kandy – Colombo road is open in the daytime from December 05, Director General Wimal Kandamby said. Cyclone Ditwah had blocked 256 major roads in 298 places and 40 bridges were damaged. Some roads were impassable due to flood inundation, but there were also rock falls, trees falling and landslides, he said. By December 05, 252 locations had been cleared, Kandamby said. “RDA staff, from Deputy Directors, to Provincial Directors, District Engineers, Executive Engineers, Technical Officers, Supervisors and labourers worked 24 hours to…

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