About 21,275 individuals from 5,773 families are at 212 camps following the bad weather condition, Disaster Management Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said.
Addressing the media at the ministry yesterday, he said 569,770 individuals from 147,273 families were affected by the disaster, while the death toll marked as 213 and 79 individuals were to be found.
The minister said 2,672 houses have been fully damaged and 18,068 houses partially damaged. He said over 5,000 soldiers and over 900 naval and air force personnel were deployed for the disaster mitigation and evacuation process. Rs. 1 billion was spent by the tri forces for the operation, he said.
Minister Yapa said emergency assistance was provided by India, China, Japan and Australia. The minister said damaged houses will be indemnified up to a maximum amount of Rs. 2,500,000.