The President cancelling six rallies  in Badulla on Saturday (27), toured the Badulla District in the afternoon to inspect the relief activities that are being carried out for the people who were affected by the inclement weather.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who visited the Anuradhapura Mahinda Junior School, assured the people who were taking shelter at the school, that all possible measures will be taken to provide relief to the affected people by the inclement weather.

Islamabad, The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, constituted Friday (26), a federal counterterrorism force which he entrusted with the immediate implementation of the recently conceived National Plan of Action against this scourge.

Residents in low lying areas were requested to be vigilant due to water levels of several rivers including deduru Oya, Kala Oya, menik Ganga and Kelani Ganga are rapidly increasing.