Sri Lanka Urban Multi-Hazard Disaster Mitigation Project (SLUMDMP) led rapid Assessment of Western and Southern coastline from 29

th

December 2004 to 2nd

January 2005

Center for Housing Planning and Building (CHPB) 33, Sunil Mawatha, Pelawatta, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka

Ministry of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education & Irrigation Development

Tsunami Impact - Sri Lanka 26th December 2004

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Tsunami Impact – Sri Lanka 26th December 2004 Sri Lanka Urban Multi –hazard Disaster Mitigation Project (SLUMDMP) led Ground Rapid Assessment of Western and Southern Coastline, 29 December 2004 to 2nd January 2005 Introduction:

On December 26, 2004, about 4/5th of the costal belt of Sri Lanka (annex 1)

was affected by a Tsunami, which occurred due to an earthquake off west

coast of north Sumatra Islands. The location of the epicentre of this

earthquake was at 3.2 N and 95.82 E at a depth of 30 km below MSL. The

quake that occurred at 6:58:53 Sri Lankan time had a magnitude of 9.0 in

Richter scale (USGS Earthquake Hazard Programme).

Sri Lanka has very little experience of Tsunamis. The most well known is the

historical legend of princess Viharamaha Devi sacrificed to the sea to prevent

inundation of the land by sea probably due to a tsunami event in 200 BC

(Mahavamsa & Rajawaliya – monographs on the history of Sri Lanka).

Eyewitness accounts of the current event reveal that the sea level rose initially

and then the sea receded from the shoreline in many heavily affected areas to

an extent which varies between 500m to 1 km. The unusual phenomenon

aroused the curiosity of people and many ventured out to inspect the exposed

sea floor. The sea had then rushed back with a vengeance causing havoc.

The time period between these two events seem hazy. Eyewitness accounts

also reveal that there were two waves with about a 30 minutes interval in-

between. The second wave had caused higher casualties and damage.

Kalutara Water Detail (Before Tsunami) Imagery collected January 1, 2004 Description: Area detail before tsunami Source: DigitalGlobe

Kalutara Water Detail Imagery collected December 26, 2004 Description: Receding waters from tsunami Source: DigitalGlobe

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There is clearly a time difference between impact times along the coastline

from Jaffna onwards to the west coast. It appears that warnings could have

preceded the tsunami to several areas and could have prevented the loss of

lives.

Source: The Sunday Times, 2nd January 2005

An important issue that must be highlighted is that historically the tsunami

hazard probability is very low and hence the decisions for diversion of scarce

funds for tsunami preparedness through expensive structural mitigation

measures must be very carefully deliberated (not to exclusion). However, non

structural measures such as land use decisions for coastal buffer zones and

coastal management activities appear sound.

Kalutara Beach Detail Imagery collected December 26, 2004 Description:

Receding waters and beach damage from tsunami Source: DigitalGlobe

Kalutara Flooding Detail Imagery collected December 26, 2004 Description:

Close-up detailing flooding from tsunami Source: DigitalGlobe

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Mandate

This rapid assessment was carried out following a request from the Secretary,

Ministry of Housing and Construction Industry, Eastern Province Education &

Irrigation Development, to SLUMDMP managed by the Centre for Housing,

Planning & Building (CHPB). It was initiated in concurrence with the Human

Disaster Management Council (HDMC) of the President’s Office.

The funding for the assessment was arranged in consultation with the

Programme Manager of the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program

(AUDMP) of ADPC, Thailand and HDMC, Sri Lanka.

Geographical locations

The study covered the coastline from Colombo to Yala along the western,

southern and southeastern coastal belt (see annex 1).

Team Members

The team was a multi disciplinary unit comprised of staff members from CHPB

and National Building Research Organization (NBRO) together with a

voluntary consultant to SLUMDMP (Former staff member, Asian Disaster

Preparedness Center, ADPC, Bangkok).

Mr. Lionel Hewawasam, Project Manager, SLUMDMP acted as the Team

Leader. Majority of the team members are alumni of disaster training

conducted by ADPC, Bangkok.

The list of names is given in annex 2.

Caveat

The scope of the assessment was limited to two main themes given below.

1. Status quo of refugee centres with reference to operational

efficiency

2. Extent of damage and rehabilitation needs of human settlements

affected by the tsunami within the study area.

Due to the limitation of time and difficulties in accessing all affected areas, the

report does not include comprehensive coverage, but attempts to draw focus

on issues that need immediate, mid-term and long-term considerations for

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rehabilitation activities of the human settlements within the study area. It may

be necessary to carryout more detailed analysis in some areas as follow up to

this report.

Methodology

Each theme of the study was looked at separately by a sub group of the study

team.

Status quo of refugee centres

Visits were made to seven randomly selected refugee centres along the study

area. Interviews were conducted with persons in charge of the centres as well

as randomly selected inmates and volunteers working at the centres.

Rehabilitation needs of human settlements

The extent of damage and rehabilitation needs of human settlements

inspected was recorded through eyewitness and random interviews of

affected persons. More detailed statistics of tsunami impact are available with

the Emergency Operations Room of the Disaster Management Centre under

the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Social Welfare. The latest figures

available at the time of generating this report are given in annex 3.

The team also carried out a video documentation of the places visited.

Observations, issues and recommendations:

1. Status quo of refugee centres

Observations

� In the randomly selected refugee centres visited by the team, no

government intervention was observed.

� Occasionally, presences of Grama Sevaka Niladhari were observed.

However, their role in relief operations appeared to be insignificant.

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� Almost all of the centres visited were either Buddhist temples or

Christian churches or government schools operated by religious

leaders or volunteers.

� The inmates appeared to have selected these locations voluntarily due

to geographic locations or safety.

� The number of inmates in terms of ethnicity, religion and gender

distribution varied. No statistics were collected.

� The number of inmates appeared to increase at meal times or during

arrival of relief supplies brought by well wishers. Many who came for

relief goods appeared to be those unaffected by the tsunami but who

were exploiting the situation.

� Due to the fear of looting, many affected people prefer to stay near

their property and visit refugee centres only for meals.

� There was no coordination mechanism for reception of relief goods or

their distribution. This seemed to hinder on a par distribution.

Issues

1.1.The availability of consumer goods and food items is very low even for

those who have the purchasing capacity. Most vendors have closed shop

either due to tsunami impact or fear of looting. The breakdown of transport

facilities has led to an escalated transport costs imposed by transport

providers as well as consumer items by vendors respectively. This is

hindering attainment of normalcy.

This may be one reason why those who were unaffected by the tsunami are

trying to exploit relief supplies distribution for their own survival.

If goods distribution is not normalised quickly, the existing situation may

evolve into a crisis situation of violence and looting. This is especially true for

areas with difficulty of access.

In one refugee centre, the organisers had to call in the Police to prevent

outsiders collecting relief distribution. It appears that Police or Army

assistance may be required.

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1.2. On a par distribution of relief supplies is lacking. There is no organised

relief distribution system in place.

At present, it appears to be a survival of the fittest.

Well-wishers come in and distribute items on their own free will adding to the

chaos.

1.3. Sustainability of supplies from well-wishers may reduce after a few

days. This may become a problem for the continued operation of refugee

centres, which may be needed, as many inmates may lack the capacity to

return to normalcy rapidly due to destruction of housing and livelihood.

No proper situation analysis has been carried out to assess the need of

providing refuge or rehabilitation needs of inmates.

Documentation of the impact of tsunami on people has not been properly

carried out in many places. This may affect rehabilitation work to follow.

1.4. Polythene bags, king coconut shells and other discarded items in many

places will pose a problem of mosquito vector breeding. Potential for vector

borne diseases is high.

Recommendations

� Immediately impose warnings and punitive measures for profiteers who

violate regular bus fare and pricing of consumer items.

� Take measures to regulate the distribution of commodities to affected

areas either through mobile centres or other available means.

� Urgently reinforce the capacity of refugee centres to manage and

coordinate relief supplies and distribution.

� Reduce congestion at refugee centres by regrouping inmates to nearby

locations in an organized manner and clustering people who have

similar needs together (e.g. families with children in one cluster).

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This may reduce stress of managing centres.

� Involve inmates in administrative work of centres through a

participatory approach.

� In the long-term, ensure the existence of a network of potential refugee

centres in all divisional secretariats with trained volunteers to

implement refugee centre management.

� Impose mandatory requirements to channel relief goods donated by

well wishers across focal points authorised by the Government

integrated with the network mentioned above.

� In the long-term, Implement methodologies and training of volunteers

for the sorting and clustering of relief items to expedite disbursement

according to needs identified.

� In the long-term, put in place a system of registration of inmates and

issue of ration cards entitling collection of identified items at decided

intervals.

� Carry out a need analysis for refuge and rehabilitation at each refugee

centre by using trained volunteers.

� Implement anti-mosquito sprays around refugee camps.

2. Rehabilitation needs of human settlements

Observations

� In general the magnitude, the pattern, and the direction of the wave

front of the tsunami seem to be different from place to place. The

destruction caused is uneven and not continuous along the coast. The

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reach of the waves has been a stretch of land varying from 500m to 2

km from the beach.

� Morphological setting of the area had played a key role on the impacts

of the tsunami.

� The structural soundness of the buildings and infrastructure seem to

have determined the ability to resist the impact.

� The orientations of buildings, density of structures and the population

density have contributed to the magnitude of impact.

� There is no available data on housing typology and therefore an

accurate loss estimate is difficult.

Table 1 sets forth a detailed account of observations along the study area with

photographs to illustrate the magnitude of damage.

Where the impact has been severe, there is total destruction of buildings and

infrastructure such as railways, roads and bridges.

At some places the road has been unaffected and some structures have

withstood the impact with some damage.

At points along the study area, vehicles and trains have been damaged and

thrown aside by the wave impact.

Issues

2.1. There is an urgent need to expedite clearing of debris everywhere. A

question to be answered is “where should the debris go?”

At places there are still dead bodies under debris in various states of

decomposition as of 1st January 2005.

Recommendations

� Analyse whether it is possible to demarcate high, medium and low risk

zones to tsunami, in relation to morphological features of the ocean

slope and land.

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� Immediately implement a debris clearing campaign which should

involve the communities and nearby local authorities unaffected by the

tsunami. Community reward can be the supply of meals and other

commodities. This work may need heavy machinery and trucks for

debris transport.

� Assess the structural safety of tsunami-affected buildings in medium

risk areas where immediate resettlement is possible.

� Immediately carry out a situation analysis recommended earlier at each

refugee centre to enable the formulation of a clear-cut rehabilitation/

resettlement plan.

� Location specific coastal reservations (buffer zones) should be

imposed based on the morphological settings of the area and/or the

availability of other man made obstructions/facilitators such as canals

and the Old Dutch Fort in Galle.

All private lands within the reservation should be acquired and suitable

land use types should be introduced

� Public education campaigns should be implemented for builders and

people living in the coastal areas to create awareness of the

importance of these imposed reservations.

� Restrict infrastructure facilities only to the areas outside the

reservation. Heavy penalties and tax disincentives should be imposed

to discourage encroachment of the reservation.

� In the long-term, building codes should be revised introducing suitable

structure types such as tall columnar structures and shapes that are

elongated perpendicular to the shore. This may need further study.

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� Minimum plot sizes should be decided along the coastline with medium

and low risk to reduce the density of buildings.

� Public buildings such as schools, community centres, hospitals,

markets, and places of entertainment should be relocated away from

the reservations.

� In the long-term, wave breakers should be provided considering the

morphological settings of the land, and the past records of coastal

erosion and wave actions. This too may need further study to avoid

impact on physical and biological processes along the shoreline.

� In the long-term, a database should be maintained about the people

living in the area, infrastructure facilities and other important data

necessary for effective disaster management. This should be

integrated with the recommendation to establish a network of refugee

centres in the section above under refugee camps.

� Disaster Early warning systems should be established ASAP.

� Riverbanks should be protected with embankments to protect their

valleys.

� Assess the economic feasibility of constructing tsunami barriers in

areas where relocation is either impracticable or costly.

� Disaster Management should be institutionalized and capacity building

for disaster management should be immediately reviewed.

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Table 1. Description of tsunami damage in the study area

Location

Distance range

from

the sea

Type of dam

age

Morphological

setting

Rem

arks

Plates

Payagala Station

0 - 75 m

Railway line is dam

aged

And shifted about 3 m inland

From its original location.

All the buildings on either side of the Galle road were damaged. However, the

structures built with concrete columns had withstood the waves. Riprap used

for coast conservation was not affected.

Flat area with slight

elevation from

the

coat.

Elongated

structures

perpendicular to the coast and

columnar structures were safe

Dam

aged Railway Devastated area Standing structure

Maggona Town

About 500 m

No damage

Elevated

land

adjacent to the sea.

Ground elevation has served as

a barrier

Beruwala

0 – 10 m

Fisheries harbour is com

pletely damaged. Elevated land just north of this

harbour and the Beruwala town were not affected. Boats were pushed inland.

Wave breakers were not dam

aged.

The

ground

elevation

of the

areas not affected

was from

3 – 8 m.

Ground elevation has served as

a barrier

Boats grounded at Beruwala

Towns of Hettimulla, Moragalla,

Kaluwam

odara

500 – 1000 m

Not dam

aged

These are located about 1 km

towards inland

Aluthgama Town

0 – 30 m from

the

Bentara

Ganga

The part of towns close the mouth of river was partially dam

aged. Structures

were not collapsed but ground floors of the same were damaged.

Flat area with an

elevation of 3 – 4 m

above sea level.

Ground

elevation

and

the

distance from

the shore have

reduced the intensity of dam

age.

Structures standing with som

e damage

Bentota to north

of Maha

Induruwa

0 – 100 m

A stretch of 2 km along the coast was not dam

aged.

Flat area with an

elevation

of 0-3m

above

sea

level.

Gradual increase of

the levation

Not a constructed area. Coconut

cultivation

has

let the

wave

freely.

flow.

Energy

has

dissipated within 20 – 30 m away

from

the sea.

Unaffected coastline at Bentota

Maha Induruwa

0 – 50 m

Heavily damaged but engineered constructions were still not affected.

Railway is flipped over and dam

aged.

Depressed

area

perpendicular

to

the coast. Elevation

decreases

from

railway line towards

Depresses area has let the water

flow towards inland.

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inland.

Duwe Modara

0 – 200 m

Rail road is heavily dam

aged. Galle road is not affected. The land side of the

Galle road is mostly affected. The lagoon and the sand barrier are slightly

damaged.

About 100 m long

sand barrier

has

formed a

lagoon

parallel

to

the

shore.

Land

elevation

decreases

from

Galle road towards

inland.

Sand barrier has reduced the

intensity of the dam

age.

Dam

aged Railway Operational Trunk Road

Kosgoda

0 – 100 m

Railway is heavily dam

aged. Galle road is not affected.

Railway is located

across a lagoon

Base of the rail road is heavily

eroded.

Dam

aged Railway

Thelwatta, Pereliya, Seenigama

0 – 750 m

About 2 km long stretch is severely destroyed. Even the rip rap along the

coast had been washed about 100 m towards inland. All the structures

except the buildings of Pereliya Jinaratana Maha Vidyalaya had been

collapsed. Railway had flipped over and shifted about 3 m inland from

its

original location. The train from Maradana to Matara was badly hit by the

force of the water; flipped over and pushed away about 30 m. Galle road and

3 bridges along the stretch were also heavily dam

aged.

Flat area.

Large

death

toll

due

to the

passengers of the train and the

devotees of Seenigama Devala.

The intensity of the waves that

hit this area had been powerful

enough to destroy

almost all

kinds of structures. The waves

had

hit perpendicular to the

shore

Dam

aged Road Derailed Train

Hikkaduwa

0 – 50 m

Ground floors of the buildings had been moderately damaged. Walls and

parapet walls had been collapsed and washed away.

Flat area

Dispersed rocks

Kum

arakanda,

Dodanduwa,

Ratgama

0 – 200 m

From Kum

arakanda to Ratgama buildings were moderately damaged.

Fishing boats were severely dam

aged. River mouth of Ratganga had been

severely eroded. Heavy ground erosion had extended below the colum

n

footings of som

e buildings.

Flat

area

with

isolated hillocks

Old buildings built using

lime

mortar

had

been collapsed.

Water flown inland through river

mouths had caused most of the

damage.

Dadalla

0 – 10 m

No structural dam

ages

Flat area

Traffic on the Galle road had

been badly affected due to the

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open area (cem

etery) next to the

road.

Gintota

0 – 75 m

Buildings located along the right bank of the Gin ganga had been severely

damaged. 3 buildings of Gintota Maha Vidyalaya had been collapsed.

Another two buildings that were elongated perpendicular to the shore had

withstood the force of the water. However, the ground erosion had extended

about 2 m below the surface.

Flat area. Elevated

ground

Shape of the

buildings and

location of the river m

outh had

influenced the damage

Maham

odara,

Galle

Town,

Magalle

0 – 200 m

Ground floor of the Maham

odara hospital was badly affected, but structural

damages were less. Rear side of the buildings located very close to the shore

had been completely damaged. Buildings located adjacent to the bay,

Fisheries harbour and the Navy Cam

p were collapsed.

Magalle bridge was totally collapsed.

Undulating

morphology

The old

Dutch Fort located

directly facing to the sea was not

affected due to its high elevation

of the ground. Location of the

bay and the stream

s connected

to the ocean had let the water

inland with a very high velocity

washing off the people who were

at the bus stand

Collapsed Bridge Boat washed ashore

Roomassala

0-100m

Most of the buildings located closer to the shore had been severely damaged

but it was observed that som

e of the land areas within this stretch had not

been dam

aged.

Except for the two

mountains

(Roommassla) rest

of the areas are flat

with

undulating

morphology

Roomassala

mountain

has

served as a barrier to break the

wave strength and the shadow

areas are safe.

Unwatuna, Mihiripenna, Thalpe,

Bakmeegahawattha,

Habaraduwa,

Koggala,

Kathaluwa,

Ahangam

a,

Midigam

a areas.

0 – 50 m

Few structures were heavily damaged the rest were partially damaged.

Considerable am

ount of sand had been deposited inland due to the tsunam

i.

Flat area. Elevation

is 0 – 4 m

above

sea level.

The elevated ground and the

convex shape of the show had

reduced the impact.

Weligam

a and Polwathumodara

0 – 150 m

All the buildings located within 0 – 20 m from the bay were completely

damaged. Structural dam

ages were moderate within the town area. Bridge in

Pelena West was com

pletely damaged.

Flat.

Elevation

slightly decreases

towards

inland.

Pelena is a water

stagnating area

Morphological setting of the bay

had facilitated the flow towards

inland.

Polwathumodara

area

had been protected by the sand

bar oblique to the coast.

Mirissa, Udupila, Thalaramba,

Kam

burugamuwa

0 – 150 m

Part of Thalaramba was totally damaged. Other areas were partially

damaged

Thalarambal is a

flat

area.

Other

Part of Mirissa

and

part of

Kam

burugamuwa

had

been

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areas

are

undulating

obstructed by a ridge of a hillock.

Dam

ages were mostly due to

water flowing

inland through

stream

s and canals.

Polhena Beach

0 – 500 m

Buildings located 0 to 15 m from the shore were heavily dam

aged. Other

buildings were moderately damaged and washed out. Beach had been

heavily eroded.

Flat area

Heavy dam

age and erosion near the shoreline

Area inside the Matara Fort and

close

to the

mouth of River

Nilwala, Thotamuna

0 – 75 m

Buildings located on either side of the river mouth within the sand bars (up to

40 m

measured parallel to the river) were totally collapsed. Most of the

coconut trees were uprooted. Surface erosion up to about 0.25 m was

observed. Buildings located beyond above 40 m

were partially dam

aged.

Fishing boats had been wrecked and debris had been washed inland.

Flat

sand

bar

deposits.

The front 40 m were heavily

damaged due

to bidirectional

flows from

both sea and the

river. Area beyond this 40 m was

damaged due to the flow through

the

river.

High

density of

buildings has contributed to the

damage.

Matara Play ground, bus stand

and beach road

0 – 500 m

Rip rap along the coast was destroyed. Playground was totally washed away.

Bus stand was slightly dam

aged due to the impact of debris. Area where flea

market was located was heavily dam

aged. Park and buildings up to the

district judge’s quarters along the beach road were also heavily dam

aged.

Buildings beyond the above quarters were partially dam

aged.

Flat area

The

morphology

of

the

Devundara point seems to have

directed the

flow towards the

river mouth along the beach.

Dam

age at Matara

Eliyakanda,

Wellamadam

a,

Devinuwara,

Kapugam

a,

Gandara, Thalalla

0 – 25 m

Only the piers of the Eliyakanda bridge were eroded. No other structural

damages observed. Fishing boats had been wrecked and the debris had

been collided on the steep shore

Elevated area

Steep rocky

shore

seem

s to

have

protected

the

coast.

Upstream flow through the river

has

eroded the

piers

of the

bridge.

Beliwatta, Naotunna, Kottegoda,

Godauda,

Maliyadda,

Bathigama,

Dickwella,

Nakulugom

uwa, Unakuruwa

Partially dam

aged buildings were observed.

Elevated shore line

Tangalle Town

Tangalle town was not dam

aged up to the bridge on Ham

bantota road.

Right bank of the

The stream

has facilitated the

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Buildings beyond the bridge and buildings along the stream were heavily

damaged.

stream

on which

the town is located

is an elevated area.

Left

bank is a

gentle slope.

flow inland; high elevation has

protected the town.

Ambalantota town

Only slight dam

ages were observed along the banks of river Walawe.

Elevated area

Ham

bantota

The portion of the land between the fisheries harbour and the road towards

the GA’s office from the clock tower had been severely affected. Most of the

buildings had been preserved but damaged. A few buildings were totally

damaged.

The depressed and flat area located between the bay and the lagoon had

been totally destroyed. One of the telecommunication towers had been

collapsed and crumbled.

Flat area protected by the sand dunes had not been affected except on two

locations where about 5m stretches of the dunes had been washed off.

Western side of the

bay is an elevated

area. The portion of

the

land between

the

bay

and

the

lagoon.

Elevation of the shore line had

protected the parts of the land. A

portion of the flow that hit the

western side of the

bay had

changed its direction and joined

the water that had directly flown

over the flat and depressed area.

The coast on the eastern side of

the bay had been directly hit by

the tsunam

i.

Heavy devastation in Ham

bantota

Coastal belt from

Pallemalla to

Magam

a

Not dam

aged

Flat area edged by

a 5 – 15 m high

ridge

of

sand

dunes

along

the

coast.

Sand dunes had protected the

flat area.

Craters created due to impact of waves

Kirinda

0 – 200 m

The depressed and flat area between the rocky cliff (where the fam

ous

Kirinda temple is located) and the elevated land had been totally dam

aged.

All but two structurally sound buildings had been severely dam

aged.

Fisheries harbour and the Navy camp had been partially dam

aged.

A large vessel called ‘Weligovva’ had been shifted inland about 180 m.

Flat and depressed

area.

The dam

age is severe because

the density of buildings along the

flow path was high.

Impact at Kirinda

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SRI LANKA URBAN MULTI-HAZARD DISASTER MITIGATION PROJECT

PROJECT STAFF INVOLVED IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

Name and Designation

Contact Details

Mr. Nashantha Kamaladasa Project Director

Official: Tel/Fax +94 – 11 – 2785628 Res.Tel.+94– 11 – 2776421 E mail: chpb@sltnet.lk

Mr. Lionel Hewawasam Project Manager

Off. Tel: +94 – 11 – 2785629 Res.Tel.+94– 11 – 2786006 Off. E mail: chpb@sltnet.lk Res. E mail: hewawasam@mail.ewisl.net

Mr. R.M.S. Bandara Asst. Project Manager

Off. Tel: +94 –11 –2588946 Ext. 216 Fax: +94 –11 –2502611 E mail: nbro@sltnet.lk Res. +94 –037 –2221513

Ms. K.S. de Silva Project Accountant

Off. Tel: +94 –11 –2588946 Ext. 211 Fax: +94 –11 –2502611 E mail: nbro@sltnet.lk Res. +94-11- 2774367

Mr. C.Suraweera Accounts Assistant

Off. Tel: +94 – 11 – 2785629 Res.Tel.+94– 11 – 2959579

Mrs. Geethi Karunaratne Project Consultant (former Project Director , SLUMDMP)

Official: Tel/Fax +94 – 11 – 2785628 Res.Tel.+94– 11 – 2773325 E mail: chpb@sltnet.lk

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Annex 1

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Annex 2

STUDY TEAM MEMBERS

1. Mr. Lionel Hewawasam (Team Leader), CHPB/SLUMDMP

2. Mr. R. M. S. Bandara, NBRO / SLUMDMP

3. Dr. Buddhi Weerasinghe, Voluntary Consultant to SLUMDMP

4. Mr. H. A. G. Jayatissa, NBRO / SLUMDMP

5. Mr. H. M. L. Indrathilaka, NBRO / SLUMDMP

6. Mr. K. N. Bandara, NBRO / SLUMDMP

7. Mrs. K. M. Weerasinghe, NBRO / SLUMDMP

8. Mr. Sunil Jayaweera, NBRO / SLUMDMP

9. Mr. C. S. Menikpura, NBRO / SLUMDMP

10. Mr. E. R. Bandula, NBRO / SLUMDMP

11. Mr. Kelum Jayasoma, CHPB/SLUMDMP

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Colo

mbo

4,3

95

23,0

05

65

12

55

Gam

paha

6,0

00

32,0

00

7

500

9

Kalu

tara

5,0

00

43,6

85

213

421

48

3,2

00

4,2

00

90

Galle

11,1

48

55,7

39

3,9

41

2,5

00

7,5

00

150

Mata

ra

10,7

25

41,9

00

1,1

58

8,2

88

200

10,0

00

4,5

00

54

Ham

banto

ta

5,4

71

27,3

51

4,5

00

3,7

39

28

Am

para

38,6

24

183,5

27

10,4

36

120

19,1

00

125

Battic

alo

a

44,8

15

185,6

37

2,2

54

1,1

06

750

29,0

00

11,4

85

100

Mulla

tivu

5,3

73

24,5

57

3,0

00

2,5

00

1,3

00

4,0

00

19

Trincom

ale

e

20,2

86

86,0

54

947

327

4,0

00

87

Jaffna

13,6

52

48,7

29

2,6

40

541

540

43

Puttla

m

189

850

4

20

34

6

Vavuniy

a

708

2,9

44

4

169

2,0

00

10

Killin

ochchi

12,5

00

50,0

00

560

1,0

20

63

10,0

00

4,7

23

22

Total

178,8

86

805,9

78

29,7

29

16,6

65

5,2

40

91,0

59

24,9

42

798

Note

: These fig

ure

s a

re tenta

tive a

nd a

re p

resente

d h

ere

as reported b

y the respective D

istric

t S

ecre

taries

Sourc

e: D

istric

t Secre

taries

Em

erg

ency O

pera

tion R

oom

of th

e D

isaste

r M

anagem

ent C

entr

e

M

inis

try o

f W

om

en E

mpow

erm

ent and S

ocia

l W

elfare

, Seth

sir

ipaya - B

ath

thara

mulla

Annex 3