Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The government has requested European Union to dispatch a pack of sniffer dogs to assist in the discovery of remains of those buried alive in landslides triggered by cyclone Ditwah, an official said yesterday.

The government authorities still carry out search operations in view of people who went missing after the disasters .

Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28, unleashing unprecedented volumes of rainfall- at times as high as 500 mm. More than 600 people died and scores of others, mainly from the districts in the central hills, went missing due to landslides and floods.

An official of the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) told Daily Mirror that search operations are in progress to find the remains of those...