Sri Lanka, Dec. 9 -- The Registrar General's Department of Sri Lanka has announced that the necessary legal provisions have been implemented to register the deaths of individuals who died or went missing due to landslides and floods caused by Cyclone Ditwah.

Issuing a statement, the department said that if a person, relative, or close friend has been reported missing as a result of the disaster, legal measures have been established to officially register the deaths of such missing persons.

According to the department, the Temporary Provisions for Registration of Deaths in National Disaster Areas and Administrative Districts were published in an Extraordinary Gazette on December 02, in line with the relevant Act.

For the registration of...