Due to the current weather conditions, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Education has decided to declare a public holiday today (09) in all government and public schools in Sri Lanka.
This happened after the information of the Meteorological Department and the Disaster Management Center. Su Ben, director of the Central Environmental Protection Bureau. He plans to set up 60 air quality monitoring stations across the island. Patirage said.
He said he will work with several government agencies and universities. After almost ten years, the largest amount of dust particles in the country's atmosphere was recorded yesterday when cyclone Mandas entered the country from India. However, the Meteorological Department will inform about it. There will likely be less dust particles from today. At the same time, the meteorological department also announced that the entire island will experience extremely cold weather.
Colombo recorded 20.7 degrees Celsius last night while Nuwara Eliya recorded 8.7 degrees Celsius. Cyclone Mandas, located in the southwest Bay of Bangladesh, is likely to move towards north Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and south coastal Andhra Pradesh this evening, the Meteorological Department said. However, the Meteorological Department said parts of the Northern Province could see heavy rain of more than 100 millimeters today.
The department also expects occasional rain in Sabaragamuwa province and Galle, Matara, Anuradhapura and Trincomalee districts. The Western and North-Western provinces, as well as the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya regions, are likely to experience more rainy seasons.
