It is reported that the road through Udawalawa Dam will be temporarily closed from today (15) due to an essential maintenance work.
Accordingly, the Sri Lanka Mahaweli Authority has stated that the road will be closed in several stages until January 15.
According to reports, the road will be completely closed until December 22nd and one lane is scheduled to be closed from December 23rd to January 6th. However, the Mahaweli Authority has announced that the road will be completely closed again from January 7th to January 14th.
After that, the road through Udawalawa Dam is scheduled to be fully opened for traffic on January 15 and it is reported that during the road closure period, the road from Udawalawa, Embilipitiya to post 13 can be used as an alternative route.