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	Table 52 (Cli., Disaster)
	Details of Major Landslides
	Cli52e
Year	District	Affected Area	Deaths	Houses
			Reported	Damaged
1930	Kegalle	Thalewela	n.a.	n.a.
1947	Kegalle	Pahala Kadugannawa	40	n.a.
		Aranayake - Selawa Kanda	n.a.	n.a.
1952	Nuwara Eliya	Udahewaheta	n.a.	n.a.
1957	Kegalle	Pahala Kadugannawa	5	15
1964	Nuwara Eliya	Walapane	n.a.	n.a.
1970	Nuwara Eliya	Walapane	19	n.a.
1973	Nuwara Eliya	Walapane	13	n.a.
1978	Kegalle	Bulath Kohupitiya - Wegalla	3	10
1979	Ratnapura	Kuruvita - Akurana Kanda	5	10
	Kalutara	Bulathsinhala	n.a.	n.a.
1981	Kegalle	Yatiyantota - Polpitiya	2	20
		Aranayake - Berawila	n.a.	30
1982	Kegalle	Mawanella - Heenalipana Kanda	2	3
	Kandy	Pathahewaheta - Paginiwela Kanda	n.a.	n.a.
	Ratnapura	Pelmadulla - Pathulpana Kanda	8	15
	Matale	Pitakanda,Pansalatenna, Palindagama	23	n.a.
1983	Kegalle	Mawanella - Elangapitiya Kolaniya	n.a.	15
1984	Kalutara	Bulathsinhala, Agalawatta, Matugama	42	n.a.
	Badulla	Hali Ela - Baddegama	n.a.	2
		Bandarawela Liyanagahawela	n.a.	21
	Ratnapura	Embilipitiya - Ihala Anduliwewa	n.a.	21
		Kolonna - Bulutota	2	5
		Kuruvita, Eheliyagoda, Balangoda	n.a.	n.a.
1985	Nuwara Eliya	Norton Bridge	5	n.a.
		Town Division	n.a.	40
	Kalutara	Matugama - Uduwala	n.a.	n.a.
	Kegalle	Warakapola -Thiyambarahena Kanda	10	3
	Kandy	Nawalapitiya - Premross Estate	4	10
	Ratnapura	Elapatha - Kohombakanda	n.a.	46
1995	Badulla	Passara - Maussagolla	n.a.	n.a.
	Ratnapura	Kumaragama	n.a.	2
1996	Kegalle	Kabaragolla	n.a.	8
	Ratnapura	Hoilpitiya	n.a.	n.a.
		Devpugala	n.a.	n.a.
		Keeragala	n.a.	n.a.
		Maligakanda - Ehaliyagoda	n.a.	2
© ２００４， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Department of Social Services of Sri Lanka.
Revised:  2004(y)/04(m)/２５(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The former Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka