The Ministry of Disaster Management has advised to inform public representatives through disaster management centers in AA districts regarding the disaster management process in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, a workshop to inform local government representatives of Kegalle district was held on 2025 10 07. Kegalle district secretary H. M. J. M. At the District Secretariat auditorium under the full supervision, advice and guidance of Mr. Herath.
Natural disaster (Disaster), disaster (Hazard) cannot be prevented. The only thing possible is to prepare and stay aware of those tortures. Trying to prevent something before happens while staying focused on the risk of a natural phenomenon is what can be done. According to the nature of disasters happening in every country of the world, those disasters have been distributed to 21 types. Hurricane, flooding, drought, tsunami, airlines, marine disasters, fires, epidemic, explosions, air strikes, oil overflows, coastal trash, nuclear disasters, chemical accidents, civil or internal conflicts, landslides, earthquakes are some of those disasters. Whether in the world or in Sri Lanka, any of the above disasters or disasters comes without prior notice. The loss of lives and property due to the disasters that come like that is extreme. Some of the District Divisional Secretariats who are constantly suffering from floods and landslide. Aranayaka, Bulathkohupitiya are affected by landslides and Ruwanwella, Dehiowi are two divisions affected by floods. There is no strange thing to say about the helplessness people face in a flood situation bigger than a minor flood situation. In situations like these, the government will have to spend a lot of money on disaster management, tackling disaster conditions and post disaster relief for not only Kegalle district but every district facing flood threats in Sri Lanka. The government is allocating huge amount for the above work as well as property damages in a disaster situation and the loss to the country's economy cannot be certainly assessed by money. The "National Council of Disaster Management" established on Disaster Management gathers once a third month under the initiative of the President to bring decisions on disaster and disaster management.
After visiting the workshop that day and welcoming all local government representatives, the District Secretary said "According to the ongoing geological symptoms, the Kegalle district is at a higher risk of continuously suffering from disaster conditions." Kegalle district stands out as a damageable district with the aranayaka leadership. Kegalle has more rain damage trend than other districts. As a disaster is an incident that happens within a few days without prior notice, the first thing to minimize the damage to the people is to save the lives of the people. No company can implement the disaster management process on its own in such an emergency situation. To face such a situation, all the concerned institutions must be Ekarashi. The most essential and important factor as state institutions is to manage it as a disaster time schedule. We have a great responsibility for that as government officials and local government representatives. We should try as government officials and representatives of local government institutions to try to be active there very soon. "
The workshop held that day was conducted under two sessions and the second session started with the leadership of Kegalle Additional District Secretary Mr. Dilip Nishantha (Idam). Deputy Director of District Disaster Management at the National Disaster Management Center under the Ministry of Disaster Management as resource providers to make both of these sessions a success. A. D. K. S. D. A lecture from Mr. Bandara "Disaster Management Process in Sri Lanka", Mr. Nimali Weerasinghe, Senior Geologist of the National Institute of Building Research (NBRO), a lecture from the "Role of National Building Research Institute for Leadership Risk Management", Mr. Nuwan Jayathilaka, Assistant Director in charge of the National Disaster Management Center, Divisional Assistant Director of the National Disaster Management Center, "Ferriads" A lecture from the department's role and mechanism", District Disaster Relief Services Officer N. B. S. R. Mr. Amarasena informed the local government representatives who were presenting a lecture on "Disaster Risk Management - Post Disaster Management".