Northern Line train services disrupted due to Deduru Oya overflowing

Newswire reports that flooding after heavy rainfall disrupted train services on Sri Lanka’s Northern Railway Line. The Railway Department said operations between Kurunegala and Maho were temporarily suspended because tracks were submerged, with the Deduru Oya overflowing in the area between Wellawa and Ganewatta.

Newswire reports that trains departing Colombo are operating only as far as Kurunegala, while trains arriving from Jaffna are running only to Maho until services resume. Ada Derana, Ada Derana (தமிழ்) and Ada Derana (සිංහල) also report disruption to Northern Railway services; Ada Derana (தமிழ்) specifies that flooding affected the line between Kurunegala and Maho.

Newswire reports that the Irrigation Department opened four spill gates at the Deduru Oya Reservoir by one foot each after heavy rainfall the previous day, identified in the report as the 2nd. The department’s Director of Water Management, L.S. Sooriyabandara, also said water levels had risen in several other reservoirs.

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