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Defence secretary issues urgent evacuation order for red alert zones
Retd. Air Vice Marshall Sampath Thuyacontha, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, has issued an urgent directive for residents still pr
Summary
Air Vice Marshall Sampath Thuyacontha, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, has issued an urgent directive for residents still present in designated Red Alert zones to evacuate immediately. In a special announcement, Secretary Thuyacontha advised people to evacuate without delay, emphasizing that these zones carry an extreme high risk of devastating landslides.
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- Anura Kumara Dissanayake2
- Sampath Thuyacontha2
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- Ministry of Defence2
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- evacuation2
- marshall2
- zones2
- announcement
- immediate
- secretary
- evacuate
- issues
- urgent
- alert
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