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Four years since Tsunami devoured The Samudra Devi (Ocean Queen)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Named with grim irony Samudradevi, or Queen of the Sea, the train that left Colombo Fort station shortly after 6am on Sunday for its regular run to the southern city of Galle was full even by Sri Lankan standards.
As many as 1,700 passengers crammed its carriages or hung from the sides. It was a holiday [...]

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Dedicated railway workers’ efforts ignored, India to lay new track

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Although it was estimated that one billion rupees would be needed to repair the damage, caused to the Southern rail track, by the tsunami of four years ago, a group of railway employees volunteered their service and completed the restoration of the track, which experts said would take one year, in 57 days at a [...]

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