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Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
Log dam in a gully, circa 1935, Missouri, US Log dam in Adawro river, Ethiopia. Check dams are made of a variety of materials. Because they are typically used as temporary structures, they are often made of cheap and accessible materials such as rocks, gravel, logs, hay bales, and sandbags.
A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or commonly a combination of both eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodible material, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces.
A gully emptier (colloquially: "gully sucker") is a type of specialized tank truck with suction gear which can suck wastewater and mud and sludge out of hollows such as the hollows below drain grids in street gutters and carry it to a suitable disposal point. It needs to be able to suck out and pump through into its tank any road grit and ...
Following the disaster, President Maithripala Sirisena requested the Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Police, and the Disaster Management Centre to provide assistance and relief to the victims. As per the Disaster Management Centre on 20 April 2017, the landslide caused 32 deaths with 8 more missing, and affected a total of 1,765 people. [ 2 ]
Below is a list of bank holidays, public holidays and full moon Poya Days in Sri Lanka for the year 2017. [1] 12 January – Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day; 14 January – Tamil Thai Pongal Day; 4 February – National Day; 10 February – Navam Full Moon Poya Day; 24 February – Mahasivarathri Day; 12 March – Madin Full Moon Poya Day
In 2017, Sri Lanka experienced its largest outbreak of dengue fever, a neglected tropical disease, since the first recorded case in 1962. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This biological hazard , transmitted via female mosquito bites, resulted in 186,101 dengue cases, a significant increase compared to previous years (see table below), and let to 440 deaths.
Hikkaduwa, in south-west of Sri Lanka, is a large costal tourist area covering 11 villages [2] run by the Hikkaduwa Urban Council.Well known for its scenic beaches [3], coral reef sanctuary, surfing and nightlife.