The Polonnaruwa Disaster Management Office announced that due to heavy rain, all ten sluice gates of Polonnaruwa Parakrama Samudura were opened by two feet each.
A water capacity of 25,000 cubic feet per second is being released into the Mahaweli River.
As a result of the Mahaweli River overflowing in Manampitiya, the Polonnaruwa security forces halted vehicular traffic on the Manampitiya Gallella road, part of the Polonnaruwa Batticaloa main road, around 11 am today (29).
