The relief teams of Sri Lanka Navy who have engaged in supporting the victims of flood affected areas of Kilinochchi and Mulathivu districts, have cleaned up the wells polluted by floods and the affected people are being provided with pure drinking water dispensed through mobile RO plants established by SL Navy.

Navy relief teams are supporting to set up the day today life of the general public in the North whose lives were uncomforted by the adverse weather inclined in Kilinochchi and Mulativu districts. Accordingly, fifteen (15) Navy relief teams have been deployed to clean the drinking water wells spoiled by the floods over Thondamanaru, Mankulam and Kottaadi areas.

As a part of social responsibility projects organized in view of 68th anniversary of Sri Lanka Navy and 36th anniversary of SLNS Parakrama, a blood donation was carried out by the naval personnel of SLNS Parakrama under the guidance of its Commanding Officer Captain Mahesh de Silva, at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake auditorium in Naval headquarters, on 24th December.

United States Naval Ship “Rushmore” which arrived at the port of Colombo on last 21st December, for a six (06) day goodwill visit, departed the island today (26th December).

On the directives of Office of the Chief of Defence Staff and the information provided by the Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lanka Navy is extending their relief operations for the victims affected by the adverse weather condition prevailed in Kilinochchi and Mulativu districts in the Northern Province.

Concluding their four-day goodwill visit in Sri Lanka, the three Russian ships, Varyag, Admiral Panteleev and Boris Butoma which arrived here on 20^th December, set sail from the Colombo harbour on 24^th December.

Navy held 09 persons who engaged in illegal activities in separate locations in the island over the past couple of days.

Sri Lanka Navy continues to extend its relief and rescue missions in the Mullaitivu and Killnochchi districts in a bid to assist community being battered by inclement weather prevailing in the Northern Province.

A group of naval personnel attached to the Western Naval Command pitched in with a beach cleaning programme conducted along the coastline from Wellawatta to Mount Lavinia today (23^rd December).

A group of officers headed by Commander RC Tryan, the Commanding Officer of the US Naval vessel ‘Rushmore’ which arrived in the island on 21^st December, called on Commander Western Naval Area, Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Western Naval Headquarters yesterday (22nd December).