Army troops, engaged in day and night cleaning, repairs and restoration commitments in Kosgama areas for explosion-affected civilians, have completed repairs to 51 houses and enabled the occupants to return home, the Army said in a statement.

Entire re-thatching of roofs, replacement of damaged tiles, asbestos or tin sheets, repairing or replacement of rafters or sloping beams, wooden roof structures, ceilings, doors, toilets and all other minor repairs, etc were effectively carried out in those 51 houses by Army engineer troops in the past 5 days after infantrymen cleared the entire compounds, reports from Kosgama, sent to the Army Headquarters confirmed.

By Friday (10) morning, more than 40-43 families arrived back at their houses to re-start their shattered lives after troops completed repairs to their homesteads and formally intimated to them through Grama Seva officials.

Similarly, evaluation work and estimate of damaged properties, being still carried out by various agencies and troops are to be hopefully completed as dusk falls, according to the Disaster Management Centre, Divisional Secretariat and the troops, committed to this specific assignment in the area.

Meanwhile, special mobile medical units, operational in affected areas continue to monitor health conditions of the victims, housed in relief centres and elsewhere. Army and state medical personnel are manning those units.