Landslide risk: thirty families evacuated from Dikarawa
July 28, 2017 08:41 am
Thirty families from Dikarawa of Badulla have been temporarily evacuated from their homes owing to the repercussions of the Uma Oya Multi-purpose Development Project.
Deputy Director of the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), Pradeep Kodippili stated that the residents had been evacuated upon detection of the formation of cracks in the region.
The cracks on the earth surface were found to have been formed as a result of the tunneling operations of the Uma Oya Multi-purpose Development Project.
Water has also been seeping into households as a result of the tunneling, reports say.
Accordingly, out of the 150 families in the area, 30 families identified to have been in the high-risk region had been evacuated last night (27).
The evacuated populace has been temporarily resettled at the National Youth Corps Training Centre in Bindunuwewa, Bandarawela.
A few days ago, a group of residents of Dikarawa, a region which falls under the Ella Divisional Secretariat division, had engaged in a demonstration owing to the region’s rising risk of landslides.