Sri Lanka, Nov. 23 -- The landslide occurred yesterday (22) in Pahala Kadugannawa is a localized risk confined to the immediate site and does not pose a threat to the wider region, Dr. Gamini Jayatissa, the Director of the Landslide Research and Study Division of the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) stated.

He made these assertions in response to social media claims suggesting that the entire Kadugannawa area is at high risk of landslides.

Dr. Jayatissa urged the public not to be alarmed unnecessarily.

He explained that the railway line in the area is situated entirely on solid bedrock and that the rock mass which slipped was merely a weathered fragment of the same bedrock located above the Kandy - Colombo main road.

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