Infant swept away by Dambulu Oya’s rising waters

One-year-old swept away by Dambulu Oya’s rising waters Infant Riyas Riswan, from Valachchenai, had come with his parents on Saturday to his grandmother’s home in Kekirawa. The family had gone to the Dambulu Oya which runs adjacent to the home, to bathe. Our reporter says that the water level of the Dambulu Oya which carries water from the Ibbankatuwa reservoir to the Kala Wewa, was high on Saturday.