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Navy rescue woman who fell into the Diyawanna Oya

A 59-year-old woman was rescued by a Sri Lanka Navy lifesaving team after she had fallen into the Diyawanna Oya in the Sandun Uyana area of Battaramulla today, (24 August 2026). The incident occurred near Kimbulawala along the Japan-Sri Lanka Friendship Road. A lifesaving team attached to the Navy’s Rapid Action Boat Squadron, deployed for […]

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