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Government ignored weather warnings: SJB MP
By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera
Colombo, Dec. 1 (Daily Mirror) - The Opposition alleged today that the government had not taken precautionary measures to mitigate the devastation caused by the adverse weather despite prior warnings by the Meteorology Department and Irrigation Department of a possible disaster.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Kabir Hashim told Parliament that if the government had taken timely action, a major devastation could have been averted.
He said the Meteorology Department and the Irrigation Department had issued warnings on November 12 of a possible severe weather condition in the country.
He said the government could have released the water in the reservoirs gradually without having to release the water at once, thus causing major floods.
"It is the normal practice to release water gradually without waiting to open the gates at once at the last minute," he said.
The MP said if the government had acted to release the water in reservoirs gradually based on the weather predictions, 75 percent of the deaths could have been prevented.
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