On 27th December members of nearly 600 families whose houses were damaged due to the central expressway initiated a Satyagraha near Gattuwana entrance, Kurunegala. While Satyagraha was in progress and protesters started installing a tent, police came and took all the items that were brought to build the tent. Also, when the demonstration began a huge number of police officers were deployed. The group participating in the Satyagraha had brought the materials needed to prepare the attic in a small lorry in the morning and they planned to build this attic so as not to obstruct the road under the bridge near the Kurunegala Gattuwana Central Expressway entrance, said Sanjeya Kulathilaka, the convenor of the family association.