India has offered assistance to Sri Lanka to help hundreds of people affected by the landslide in Haldummulla.

Indian High Commissioner Y K Sinha has spoken to Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister G L Peiris and offered the assistance to deal with the landslide disaster yesterday, Press Trust of India has reported.

Around six line houses of plantation workers collapsed in the disaster and Sri Lankan Army was already undertaking disaster relief.

More than 100 people are feared missing, buried in the mud, after the devastating landslide.

Plantation Estate houses and other buildings were destroyed in this landslide yesterday morning. Rescue work was stopped as night fell due to inclement weather conditions. Schools in the area are closed till Monday.
(with inputs from PTI)