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Singapulikande people lose their homes [1]

Singappulikanda, a hill at Pathakada in Pelmadulla has been declared a high-risk area prone to land slips and the occupants in 21 houses on its slopes evacuated by the Ratnapura District Disaster Management Centre. This step was taken by officials of the centre who inspected the hill after an earthslip last week.

Publication Date: 
04/05/2011
Lasantha Niroshan [2]
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) [3]
Tags:
Sri Lanka [4], Natural Disasters [5], Landslides [6], Displacement [7]
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