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Today would be the final day of the Jana Satana Paada Yathrava organised by the United Opposition. The demonstrators are expected to travel from Kiribathgoda and arrive in Colombo this evening. Though the police had tried to secure court orders in Kandy and Kegalle against the Jana Satana, their request was turned down in Nittambuwa. A request by Peliyagoda Police to prevent Paada Yathrawa coming to Colombo was rejected by the Lady Magistrate and instead issued a warning only in that connection. The Colombo Lady Magistrate thus issued orders to be vigilant about creating any

All grounds in the environs of the Colombo Municipality have been blocked in connection with the public gathering in Colombo this evening by the Jana Satana Padra Yathrava and what organisers of the Jana Satana say is that it has been decided that the final rally of the Jana Satana Paada Yathrava would be held this evening (1) with a stage being put up at a location in a prompt manner which the government would not be able to guess. What MP Prasanna Ranatunga has mentioned was that a crowd of a million would gather in Colombo today.