The big wave of corruption How some found a gold mine in tsunami reconstruction

THURSDAY, 26 DECEMBER 2013

Nine years ago on a day like today in Sri Lanka more than 40,000 people died while over 800,000 people became homeless due to the Tsunami: a gush of water that suddenly came from the ocean and washed away many lives and buried homes, people and memories inside the cold blue sea.

After the Tsunami, ‘recovery’ was a term no one believed (Yet everyone tried and worked towards).

For a country such as Sri Lanka, which was already suffering from a brutal war (When the Tsunami occurred), the Tsunami was a disaster beyond disasters.
It was a tragedy beyond comprehension. A ruthless act of nature that no one understood, but everyone had to pay for. To mark the ninth anniversary of this black day in Sri Lankan history, Daily Mirror visited Batticaloa, which was one of the worst hit Tsunami areas.  

The Big Wave of Corruption How Some Found a Gold Mine in Tsunami Reconstruction by nelvely