The National Disaster Management Center (NDMC) in coordination with the District Secretariat Divisions is taking all necessary measures to support those affected by floods.
According to the NDMC situation report almost 37,000 people belonging to over 9,100 families were still being affected by the rainy weather as at yesterday noon.

It said 4,962 people belonging to 1,281 families had been evacuated to safer locations. Gampaha and Colombo districts were the most affected districts by the inclement weather.

The Commonwealth Secretariat has agreed to provide technical assistance to strengthen the effectiveness and authority of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. A delegation of Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (HRC) led by its Chair Justice Priyantha R. P. Perera has met with the Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma at the Marlborough House in London Wednesday.

The Sri Lanka HRC group is in London to take part in a Commonwealth roundtable on reconciliation, being held at the Commonwealth Secretariat from 1 to 3 May.

Only 96 square kilometers of land, out of 2064 square kilometers remain to be de-mined, the National Mine Action Center said. As per the information of the Center, the cleared area is over 95% and most of the remaining areas are covered with shrubs and jungle.

The Mine Action progrramme is still continued by the Government with the support of UNDP, UNICEF, Donor Community, Engineering Bridge of Sri Lankan Army, National and International de-mining organizations.

The government has allocated more than Rs 214 billion so far for the Uthuru Wasanthaya and the Neganahira Navodaya programmes aimed to develop the Northern and Eastern provinces devastated by the tiger terrorists.