Rainfall eases in capital district

1,210 people still remain in 17 relief camps

With the intensity of rainfall decreasing in the district, people have begun leaving the relief camps for their homes, the district administration said on Wednesday. Nonetheless, 1,210 people were still in 17 camps across the southern district as of Wednesday evening, according to data released by the administration. The district administration had been forced to temporarily relocate hundreds of families to relief camps following the heavy winds and rain which battered the district during May 14-May 17 under the influence of Cyclone Tauktae which formed in the Arabian Sea.