Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 27 persons engaged in illegal acts at several locations in the island during the past few days.

The Logistics Conference 2018 - Trincomalee, organized by the Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) for the 3rd successive year was held at the Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda Auditorium in Trincomalee on 25 May 2018. This year’s theme of the conference ‘Sri Lanka as a Financial Centre: Opportunities and Challenges’ was quintessentially a sensible one upon which the scholars conducted their presentations.

The Delathura – Kajugasgodella road was completely inundated as the water level of the Delathura canal in Ja-Ela reached flood stage on 25th May.

The dead body of the Police constable who was missing in flash floods while on relief activities in Madampe area on last 25th, was recovered by Navy divers yesterday(26 May).

Navy continues its rescue and relief efforts in a bid to help recover the community’s life, increasing the relief teams up to 65 and 55 boats to date.

The adverse weather condition prevailed for past few days throughout the island is declining now and SL Navy has increased the number of relief teams up to 54 to facilitate distressed people in the affected areas.

The Defence Advisor of the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka, Captain Asok Rao called on Commander Southern Naval Area Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera at the Southern Naval Command Headquarters, yesterday (25 May).

Continuing its rescue efforts since 4.30 a.m. the naval personnel of Rapid Response Rescue and Relief Unit (4RU) saved approximately 120 distressed persons in the general area of Thabbowa as of noon today (25 May).

Naval personnel are making a valiant effort to restore the transportation on the Kajugasgodella road by erecting sand embankments on either side of the road as the route got inundated following the swollen water level of Delathura canal in Ja-Ela, since this morning (25 May).

The routine lifestyle of the public is not fully restored yet, as the adverse weather condition affecting the island has not yet completely ceased.