Colombo-Kandy main road closed following earth and rock slide
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1 min readFrom 4 outlets- Daily Mirror and Ada Derana report a closure in the Kadugannawa–Ganethenna area.
- WhatNews reports the slide happened at about 5:30pm on the 10th amid heavy rain.
- Newswire reports that falling rocks damaged a parked motorcycle and that no injuries had been reported at the time.
- Ada Derana reports the closure is due to last until 6am tomorrow.
Daily Mirror reports that the Colombo–Kandy main road was closed at Ganethenna after earth and rocks slid onto the road in the Kadugannawa area. Ada Derana reports the affected section lies between Kadugannawa and Ganethenna and is closed until 6am tomorrow.
WhatNews reports that police attributed the slide to heavy rain and placed its occurrence at about 5:30pm on the 10th, near the rock-cut section at Kadugannawa. WhatNews also says vehicle movement was affected through about 6:15pm, although its report ends before specifying the full traffic arrangements.
Newswire reports that police said soil and rocks had fallen onto the road and that a motorcycle parked nearby was damaged. Newswire says there were no immediate reports of injuries and that the scale of the traffic disruption was unclear; it also relays advice for motorists to take care in the affected area.
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