The President’s Chief of Staff Mr. Sagala Ratnayake yesterday (14) instructed the relevant authorities in a discussion held with the officers of the Armed Forces, the Police and the Disaster Management Center to make necessary arrangements for the immediate rescue of the affected people in the districts where disasters may occur in the island due to the bad weather conditions. It is reported that it was given.
Accordingly, to take measures to reduce the floods that have occurred in many areas, to dig and widen the mouths of the rivers, to keep the necessary boats ready for rescuing the affected people, and to evacuate the people from the areas prone to landslides and take them to safe places. It is stated that the Chief of Staff of the President, Sagala Ratnayake, gave instructions to the relevant authorities.
