Disaster Management Minister Anura Priyadarshana found from Mexico

Disaster Management Minister Anura Priyadarshana found from Mexico

Mr. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Minister of Disaster Management of whom rumours spread was missing because of the floods had actually spent a period of about one week in Mexico, it was reported.

He represented Sri Lanka at a conference related to the global methodology of preventing disasters and had made the speech on last 24th allotted to him and

the theme of it was 'How to reduce damage to infra-structure in natural disasters and to minimise economic damage'. Whatever it is, after conclusion of his speech, there were heavy showers accompanied with floods in Sri Lanka. But he had not thought of returning to Sri Lanka. He had given instructions to Deputy Minister of Disaster Management Dunesh Gankanda in Sri Lanka from Cancun City in Mexico to look into the disaster situation. The Minister who proceeded to New York in America last 29th had from there come to Dubai and is expected to come to Sri Lanka today 31st.  Photograph showing the Minister seated at the conference, from below