Police is to conduct a special two-day census beginning today to register the people who have come to the Western Province from the North and East Provinces during the last five years.

According to police spokesman Senior Superintendant of Police Ranjith Gunasekara, it will be held at every police station in the Western Province.

The Police Department has organized the census as a safety measure to keep the information updated on the people who had come to Colombo in the last five years. The spokesman said that details gathered from the previous census need to be clarified through the second census.

The police have requested those who are resettled in the South to reregister at the nearest police station in the Western Province.

All police stations of the Western Province will conduct the registering process from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., SSP Gunasekara said.