Srilanka, Nov. 23 -- Six people died following a landslide along the Colombo-Kandy A1 road in Kadugannawa in the early hours of yesterday (22).

A spokesman for the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that a boulder and a large landslip had fallen onto a house and a roadside eatery popular among travellers.

At the time of the incident, over nine people were in the eatery and the house. Following a six-hour rescue operation carried out by the Sri Lanka Army, Fire Service Department, Police and local residents, a woman was rescued yesterday evening.

Four people who sustained injuries were admitted to the Mawanella Hospital.

As a result of the landslide, the Ganethenna junction-Kadugannawa stretch along the A1 road will remain closed un...