SRI LANKA ARMY SUCCESSFULLY REACHES EAST SIDE OF THE SLUICE GATE OF MAVIL ARU AND ESTABLISHES A COMMUNICATION CENTER

The Sri Lanka Army troops have now successfully reached the East side of the Mavil Aru sluice gates and put up a communication center to exchange messages with other army units.

The Mavil Aru army unit who have completed a hazardous path to the sluice gates losing about nine soldiers so far including officers will reach the West side of the gates , believed to be more hazardous and will soon open the closed sluice gates with the help of the engineers , Sri Lanka’s defense spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said.

The job of the army team became extremely difficult since the terrorist group buried minefields around the sluice gates, according to other sources of the army.