The road between Central Province (Kandy) and Uwa Province (Badulla) was restored after the Engineer Task Force of the Indian Army constructed a 100-foot bailey bridge within a day.
The disaster is already the deadliest since the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami of 2004, which devastated Sri Lanka's coastline. This time, the entire country has been affected.
India has deployed National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and Indian Air Force (IAF) assets under Operation Sagar Bandhu to assist Sri Lankan authorities.
