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Sri Lanka’s greatest test since economic crisis | The Morning The reconstruction of destroyed roads, collapsed bridges, washed-away railway lines, damaged dams, disrupted waterways, and the widespread destruction of private property and factory installations along riverbanks will run into billions of rupees or possibly billions of dollars
Extensive damage to roads, bridges, rail tracks and tanks due . . . Sri Lanka’s railway system has also been severely affected due to the impact of Cyclone Ditwah According to the latest assessment, out of a total network spanning 1,593 km, only 478 km of rail tracks are currently operational
Sri Lanka floods: Toll rises to 159 as neighbourhoods vanish . . . Also Read: Cyclone Ditwah: Death toll in Sri Lanka climbs to 123, rescue efforts intensify In districts already infamous for their vulnerability, newly planted rice fields lie drowned, roads have vanished beneath landslides, and communication lines have simply gone silent
Floods damage 273,000 acres of paddy fields affecting 153,000 . . . The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board (AAIB) estimates that recent floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have damaged roughly 273,000 acres of paddy lands, impacting 153,000 farmers across 20 districts
Ruined Rice Fields and Broken Rail Lines: Sri Lanka Counts . . . Railway Lines Severed, Transport Grid Paralyzed In the central highlands, the cyclone’s torrential rains triggered landslides that ripped apart sections of the national railway network Key routes linking Colombo to Kandy and the interior regions were rendered inoperable, halting both passenger travel and freight movement