With the Army deployed west of the A9 road gradually pushing eastwards towards the road, the operation of Omanthai entry/exit was likely to be affected, authoritative military sources said. The sources said that the gate would have to be shifted to a point along the Mankulam-Mullaitivu road, most probably at Oddusudan. The recent capture of Mankulam also influenced this move, the sources said. Security forces didn’t operate the Omanthai entry/exit point on Wednesday.