According to the Rosella Grama Niladhari, 167 people from 35 families have been evacuated from the Manikkawatta and Abagalti areas due to the threat of landslides. It is reported that steps have been taken to keep the evacuated people in two safe centers.
After houses in these areas were damaged on the night of the 6th, after the owners of the houses informed about this, steps were taken to evacuate 109 people from 22 families in Manikkawatta and 58 people from 13 families in Abagalti and they have been kept in safe centers established at Agra Oya College and Bing Oya College, said the Grama Niladhari in charge of the said divisions, S. Suresh.