DID WE PREPARE?

It is also high time that the government strictly adheres to and implements building codes.

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Make sure that people don't construct any kind of home, hotel, shop or any kind of restaurant ‘on the beach, riverside, on the edge of canals and streams, and in any places where there is a building reservation. Most justify the building saying it is only for day time trading but end up being a home housing multiple generations.

They setup a small tea shop and overnight they build a house. I think these should be completely stopped as people's lives are at risk. Even if they don't care about it, I think the government should make sure that they're not allowed to trade or reside in any of these vulnerable places because that way we don't have to keep on running to save these people in a time of such an event and focus on those who are facing dangers that have not been foreseen. We have to stop this famous “Kelani Palama syndrome” which is now happening, island wide.