Government and Non Governmental Organizations were busy with planning for post tsunami reconstruction projects and relief programmes including housing projects in the aftermath of the disaster on Dec 26, 2004.
However, the tsunami-stricken people in the South are not satisfied with many of the rehabilitation projects.The proposed tsunami museum at Pereliya was one such. Several thousands [...]
Residents of the tsunami affected area of Ratgama have requested Minister of Transport Dallas Alahapperuma that the train ‘Sagarika’ which stops only at Hikkaduwa, be also stopped at Ratgama to help more than 300 passengers travelling daily by this train to reach their homes at night without any inconvenience.
They requested the Minister to consider the [...]
The coastal train service was completely disrupted when a train travelling from Matara to Kandy was derailed near the Boossa railway station at about 3.00pm yesterday.
When the train was shunted to another track to allow another train to pass it had been derailed and come to rest on the sleepers.
Trains coming from Colombo could not [...]
A lorry was wrecked and two men in the lorry were killed in a fatal accident at an unguarded railway level crossing at Hikkaduwa on Saturday morning.
The ill fated lorry belonging to a businessman in the Bentota area was on rounds delivering soft drinks when it hit the Colombo bound express train from Matara at [...]
Although three years have elapsed since the tsunami hit the country, the ruins of the disaster in several areas are yet to be removed.
The classic example of this situation is the wreckage of the ill-fated Matara bound Samudradevi express train, which was ruined with more than 1200 passengers on board at Peraliya. The wreckage has [...]
