Continued from last week: “Don’t be slovenly you fellow. It’s time we finished this work and called it a day. If you had drilled the hole on the crown, put half a charge and blast it.” Girigoris did exactly as he was ordered and they all ran for safety having ignited the charge. Two flagmen [...]
Sri Lanka’s long-neglected railway system can be a more useful complement to roads and could take up much of the bulk freight transport, reducing traffic jams significantly. In a recent BIG Issue interview the Colombo Mayor stated that every effort will be taken to reduce the traffic problem in curtailing the inflow and outflow of [...]
Sri Lanka Railways General Manager, Dr.Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said six persons were injured when the railway service train rammed into the stationary night mail train proceeding from Colombo to Medawachchiya near the Ambepussa Railway Station around 11.30 p.m. on Friday. One brake van and bogey wagon had toppled over badly damaging a section of the track [...]