Twenty-Two Districts Officially Declared National Disaster Zones

04-Dec-2025

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Due to Cyclone, severe flooding and landslides have affected large parts of the country. 

Accordingly, 22 districts have been declared national disaster zones through a special gazette issued under Section 9, Part II of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Temporary Provisions) No. 19 of 2010, dated 2 December 2025, by Registrar General S. Jaladeepan.

The declared districts are: Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Kurunegala, Matale, Kegalle, Gampaha, Mullaitivu, Anuradhapura, Colombo, Jaffna, Polonnaruwa, Mannar, Puttalam, Ratnapura, Monaragala, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya and Kalutara.