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in Sri Lanka
32%
Flood
46%
Recent Landslides
in Sri Lanka
LS at Kiriwanella in Munwatte-Walapane (12 killed – 05
houses burried) ŸßjkAwe,A,
Elamula Junction- Padiyapelella
oshks,a,
Diyanilla- Road
Subsided
Helauda - 1994
High Risk Areas
•NE Monsoon
•SW Monsoon
•1st Intermonsoon
•2nd Intermonsoon
4 CLIMATIC SEASONS IN
SRI LANKA
10.0 10.0
9.5 9.5
9.0 9.0
1400 mm 3500 mm
1000 mm 2000 mm
8.0 8.0
800 mm 1500 mm
7.5 7.5
600 mm 1000 mm
7.0 500 mm
7.0 400 mm
200 mm
200 mm
6.5
6.5
0 mm
0 mm
6.0
6.0
5.5
5.5 79.5 80.0 80.5 81.0 81.5 82.0
79.5 80.0 80.5 81.0 81.5 82.0
SOUTHWEST MONSOON (MAY TO SEPTEMBER)
NORTHEAST MONSOON (DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY)
10.0 10.0
9.5 9.5
9.0 9.0
3500 mm 3500 m
600 mm 800 m
8.0 8.0
500 mm 700 m
7.5 7.5
300 mm 500 m
100 mm 200 m
6.5 6.5
0 mm 0 mm
6.0 6.0
5.5
5.5
79.5 80.0 80.5 81.0 81.5 82.0
79.5 80.0 80.5 81.0 81.5 82.0
SECOND INTERMONSOON (OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER)
FIRST INTERMONSOON (MARCH TO APRIL)
Growth of Population and Land Man Ratio
20 3
18
2.5
16
2
12
10 1.5
8
1
6
4
0.5
2
0 0
NBRO -LSSD
1871 1906 1931 1956 2001
nbro@sltnet.lk
Landslides and cutting failures occurred in 2003
140
Landslides
Cutting Failures
120
100
No of landslides
80
60
40
20
NBRO -LSSD
0
Ratnapura Galle Hambantota Kalutara Matara
District
nbro@sltnet.lk
Landslides and cutting failures occurred in 2006
60
Landslides
Cutting Failures
50
40
Number of landslides
30
20
10
NBRO -LSSD 0
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District
nbro@sltnet.lk
Landslides and cutting failures occurred during the past five years
250
Landslides
Cutting failures
200
150
No of failures
100
50
NBRO -LSSD 0
2003 2006 2007
Year
nbro@sltnet.lk
Ratio of cutting failures to landslides
16.0
14.0
12.0
10.0
Ratio
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
NBRO -LSSD
0.0
2003 2006 2007
Year
nbro@sltnet.lk
Badulla
N’Eliya
Ratnapura
Kegalle
Kandy
Matale
Kalutara
Galle
Matara
Hambantota
kdhhEug n,mdk fya;=
Causes of Landslides
1. iajNdjsl fya;=
Natural
2. udkj ls%hdldrlï
Human or Man made
iajNdjsl fya;= - Natural Causes
nbro@sltnet.lk
kdh wk;=re wju lr.ekSfuz l%u
Methods of Mitigation
1. u. yerSu - Avoidance
2. oekqj;a lsrSu - Awareness
3. ia:djr lsrsu - Stabilization
(a) Structural methods
(b) Non- structural methods
Avoidance
LANDSLIDE HAZARD ZONATION MAP WITH
POSSIBLE PATHS, FINLAY FACTORY HAPUTHALE
Most possible
paths of landslides, which can be
initiated at the upper slope
Sept.2002
Creating awareness through
Handbooks
and
Workshops
Construction Guidelines in Landslide
Prone Areas
Hazard Mapping
3. Stabilization
Disaster comes when the last one is
forgotten
Plan ahead! Be prepared!
Thank You