Category: Industry
Sri Lanka Tsunami – Little Dip
Sri Lanka Telecom hopes to fork out over Rs. 25 mn each for the next three months to restore services in areas struck by Sunday’s tsunami. Sri Lanka Telecom hopes to fork out over Rs. 25 mn each for the next three months to restore services in areas struck by Sunday’s tsunami. Sri Lanka’s dominant […]
Hold It
Sri Lanka decides to stop international donations of food and selected medical items and focus on other areas of shortage to rehabilitate tsunami victims.Sri Lanka decides to stop international donations of food and selected medical items and focus on other areas of shortage to rehabilitate tsunami victims. “We have temporarily discontinued foreign aid in some […]
Saving Grace
Thirty six stranded British tourists were rescued in Sri Lanka thanks to a mobile phone with one of them and technology that could pin-point the user, an official involved in the rescue told AFP Thirty six stranded British tourists were rescued in Sri Lanka thanks to a mobile phone with one of them and technology […]
Come Home
The Sri Lankan government is looking for its missing progeny to speed up rehabilitation activity and aid distribution.The Sri Lankan government is looking for its missing progeny to speed up rehabilitation activity and aid distribution. A press notice issued in Sinhala from the Government Information Department said “All those (government employees) that are displaced please […]
Sri Lanka Tsunami – Amateur Call
Sri Lanka’s amateur radio operators are offering their services to any area that needs communications services.Sri Lanka’s amateur radio operators are offering their services to any area that needs communications services. Until yesterday The Radio Society of Sri Lanka operated a short wave radio link between Hambantota and the Prime Minister’s disaster management office at […]
Eleven hotels resume operations in the South
Eleven hotels resumed operations in the South after Sunday’s tidal wave caused widespread destruction along the coast and a death toll touching 25,000. Location Hotels in Operation Hotels out of Operation Bent
Sri Lankan Tsunami – Aid Drip
The Asian Development Bank said it will re-allocate existing funds of up to US$ 25 mn so that urgent aid can be rolled out quickly to disaster hit areas.The Asian Development Bank said it will re-allocate existing funds of up to US$ 25 mn so that urgent aid can be rolled out quickly to disaster […]
Wash Out?
Tsunami-hit Sri Lanka has claimed over 20,000 lives, with the insurance industry receiving claims for over Rs.5 bn so far. Tsunami-hit Sri Lanka has claimed over 20,000 lives, with the insurance industry receiving claims for over Rs. 5 bn so far. While the economic losses are expected to be enormous, the insurance losses arising from […]
Round the Bend
Sunday’s tsunami has uprooted Sri Lanka’s transport systems and left the railway with damages mounting over Rs 6 bn.Sunday’s tsunami has uprooted Sri Lanka’s transport systems and left the railway with damages mounting over Rs 6 bn. “There are extensive damages to the coastal rail system,”said Priyal de Silva, General Manager, Sri Lanka Railways. “The […]
Fuel Flow
Sunday’s tsunami puts one of Sri Lanka’s main fuel storage centres out of business, starving the Southern region of fuel. Sunday’s tsunami puts one of Sri Lanka’s main fuel storage centres out of business, starving the Southern region of fuel. “The Galle depot is not operational.We don’t know the extent of damage yet. A team […]
Lanka Disaster – Lines Busted
Fixed line phone services in Tangalle, Hambantota and Matara are completely disrupted after the weekend tidal wave, Sri Lanka Telecom said today. Fixed line phone services in Tangalle, Hambantota and Matara are completely disrupted after the weekend tidal wave, Sri Lanka Telecom said today. The network was affected after the tidal wave submerged and severely […]
Medical Worry – Tidal Wave Update 4
Rotting human and animal remains, lack of clean water and overstretched medical facilities are increasing the risk of disease in Sri Lanka’s tsunami struck coastal areas, as the disaster enters its third day. Rotting human and animal remains, lack of clean water and overstretched medical facilities are increasing the risk of disease in Sri Lanka’s […]