The Tsunami commemoration will not be held as usual on December 26 at Peraliya, Hikkaduwa this year, Galle District Disaster Management Center Assistant Director Lieutenant Colonel Induka Wickramasinghe said.
The event was annually organised jointly by the Galle District Disaster Management Centre and the Galle District Secretariat at the Tsunami Memorial in Peraliya, Hikkaduwa.
It has been cancelled but a religious observance will be held at the Galle District Secretariat with the participation of dignitaries of all faiths.