13 years since tsunami battered several areas of our country
Thirteen years have passed since the tsunami disaster destroyed lives and property in Sri Lanka and many countries around the Indian Ocean.
About 35,000 people were killed and more than 5000 more disappeared in the tsunami disaster that battered the coastal areas in the country in the morning on 26th December 2004.
Several commemoration ceremonies organized by the Disaster Management Center would be held in several districts in memory of the dead in the tsunami and a religious ceremony has been arranged at Peraliya tsunami memorial.
The crowded train destroyed at Peraliya by the tsunami which carried about 1500 passengers is considered as one of the largest single rail disasters in world history by death toll.
Meanwhile, a two-minute silence was observed from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. in memory of the fellow countrymen who lost their lives in the tsunami.
Within a few hours, the tsunami battered the coastal areas in Sri Lanka more than ten thousand members of JVP’s ‘Red Star’ relief brigade started their relief work which continued for several months from saving lives to rebuilding them.
JVP’s ‘Red Star’ looked after all the needs of eh affected that included food, clothes, security, sanitation and housing. They also constructed temporary abodes, carried out repairs to schools, temples, churches and arranged educational facilities for the children of the affected.
It should also be mention that JVP’s ‘Red Star’ completely build a temporary bus stand for Galle and the Southern rail track that had been destroyed was made serviceable, with the assistance of Railway employees, within 55 days.
Mr. Sumathipala Manawadu, who was a candidate and was killed in an accident during the previous Provincial Councils Election, was a leader of a Railway workers’ trade union and the leadership he gave in making the Southern rail track serviceable after the tsunami is ineradicable for railway employees and the people in this country.
About 35,000 people were killed and more than 5000 more disappeared in the tsunami disaster that battered the coastal areas in the country in the morning on 26th December 2004.
Several commemoration ceremonies organized by the Disaster Management Center would be held in several districts in memory of the dead in the tsunami and a religious ceremony has been arranged at Peraliya tsunami memorial.
The crowded train destroyed at Peraliya by the tsunami which carried about 1500 passengers is considered as one of the largest single rail disasters in world history by death toll.
Meanwhile, a two-minute silence was observed from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. in memory of the fellow countrymen who lost their lives in the tsunami.
Within a few hours, the tsunami battered the coastal areas in Sri Lanka more than ten thousand members of JVP’s ‘Red Star’ relief brigade started their relief work which continued for several months from saving lives to rebuilding them.
JVP’s ‘Red Star’ looked after all the needs of eh affected that included food, clothes, security, sanitation and housing. They also constructed temporary abodes, carried out repairs to schools, temples, churches and arranged educational facilities for the children of the affected.
It should also be mention that JVP’s ‘Red Star’ completely build a temporary bus stand for Galle and the Southern rail track that had been destroyed was made serviceable, with the assistance of Railway employees, within 55 days.
Mr. Sumathipala Manawadu, who was a candidate and was killed in an accident during the previous Provincial Councils Election, was a leader of a Railway workers’ trade union and the leadership he gave in making the Southern rail track serviceable after the tsunami is ineradicable for railway employees and the people in this country.
