For the past two decades, the Pinga Oya has overflown onto the Kandy-Jaffna A9 highway along Akurana and adjacent towns.

M.G. Kularatne, Chairman/Managing Director, Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd – one of Sri Lanka’s biggest construction firms - told the Business Times that due to this change of attitude of the government, ...

The issue over the complete reopening of the A9 road enabling passengers free travel between the ... The LTTE's refusal to let the bus enter Omanthai on Monday had been reported to the Sri Lanka ...

After two major floods in 2022 and 2023 which overtopped the A9 road by 11 feet, the 2024 flood season has already commenced on the 8 th of November 2024 with a flood that reached 5 feet.