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Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 11:48 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 20, Colombo: The Walapane - Kandy main road in the Malapattawa area has been temporarily closed from last night due to the risk of a landslide, said the Assistant Director of the Nuwara Eliya District Disaster Management Unit.
The Assistant Director urged drivers to use alternative routes until the road is reopened. More than 75 mm of rain fell in the Malapattawa area in Walapane yesterday (19). There is an active landslide situation in the Malapattawa Galwala area which was affected by a landslide in December 2019,” the official said.
“According to the recommendation received from the National Building Research Organization, we have been informed of a dangerous situation if more than 40 mm of rain falls,” he expalined.