Five towers to give prior warning of a tsunami will be installed along the seacoast in the Kalutara district by the Distress Management Unit.

These towers will be located at Wadduwa, Katukurunda, Beruwala Abinaramaya Temple, and Maggona St. Mary

The objective of this review commissioned by UNISDR as a follow up to the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR) is to develop a common action plan that would facilitate such partnerships based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders.

This latest ADB publication provides an overview of poverty- environment interactions that show how poor communities in Asia and the Pacific have sought to break out of poverty through local actions that improved their environment.

Four years after the tsunami, the people of Poompuhar lead a well-settled life. You can see resettled villages of fishing and farming communities with neat rows of houses. There are well laid out roads flanked by neon street lights. The transformation of 10 villages in this panchayat is the handiwork of former panchayat president, Manimekhalai, and the district administration.