Update: Landslides in Haldumulla developing

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Monday, 20 April 2015 - 19:57

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The Disaster Management Center says that the landslide that occurred yesterday at a 5 acre rubber plantation of Damaniyatenna at Nikapota in Haldummulla is further developing.

The Badulla Disaster Management Center stated that 12 persons belonging to 3 families have been evacuated from the nearby area.

Meanwhile an Air Force helicopter has been deployed to the area in order to observe the epicenter of the landslide.

The Head of the landslide Unit of the National Building Research institute R.M.S. Bandara stated that a team of its officials has inspected the epicenter of the landslide.

Related story published below :

Landslide in a 5 acre rubber land in Haldumulla

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