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Endnight of pageant: The annual Kandy Esala Perahera concluded yesterday. A scene of the final night perahera in which more than 100 elephants and 2000 artistes participated. Pic by Thilak Perera

NGOs delay tsunami housing

by Jayantha Sri Nissanka and W.T.J.S. Kaviratne

Several leading NGOs have delayed the implementation of the Memorandums of Understanding they have signed with the Government to undertake large housing projects for tsunami victims in time even though the Government had given lands for NGOs to begin construction. Official lethargy has also contributed to the delay.
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World's worst train disaster at Peraliya :

GMR could have saved train

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A former Sri Lanka Railways Chief Telecommunication Engineer Nimal Fernando in submissions to the Committee of Inquiry into the Train Disaster due to the Tsunami on December 26, 2004 claims that the world's worst train disaster at Peraliya on December 26, 2004 could have been averted if the General Manager of Railways had instructed the Train Controllers at Maradana to inform all Engine Drivers and Guards of the Coast Line trains to stop the movements of their trains along the coastline.
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