Inclement weather affects 1,284 Kurunegala residents | Daily News

Inclement weather affects 1,284 Kurunegala residents

The Kurunegala District Disaster Management Centre had confirmed that about 1,284 persons of 377 families in the Kurunegala district had been affected by the recent inclement weather. Further, about eight houses had been destroyed, while another 366 houses had been partially damaged. About 25 business firms too, were said to have been damaged.

These victims had been identified from the Udubaddawa, Maspotha, Wariyapola, Ganewatta, Alawwa, and Kobeigane District Secretariat divisions of the Kurunegala district. Meanwhile, 60 persons of 19 families in the Panduwasnuwara and Nikaweratiya electorates of Kurunegala too, had been affected by the prevailing weather conditions.

Kurunegala District Disaster Management Centre Assistant Director Viraj Dissanayake told the Daily News that steps were being taken to assist affected families under the guidance of Kurunegala District Secretary Gamini Illangaratne.

Accordingly, each affected family would be granted Rs.10,000 for the time being, he said. 


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