Key Access Roads To Nuwaraeliya Reopen As Relief Efforts Continue

COLOMBO (News 1st);  Three access roads to Nuwaraeliya that were blocked due to landslides have now been reopened. 

Nuwara Eliya District Secretary Thushari Tennakoon says that supplies can once again be transported into the city without hindrance.

She added that arrangements have been made to airlift food to stranded residents in parts of Kotmale, Walapane, and Mathurata, where road access remains unavailable.

According to the District Secretariat, 73 people are still missing in the district, while the death toll has risen to 89.

Telephone connections that were disrupted have also been restored in many areas.