Wednesday, June 01, 2005


This site has become a stop over, for bypassers traveling on Galle road.

"One more" says the photojounalist who is being photographed in Peraliya, South of Sri Lanka where 2,000 were killed in tsunami.

A Photo journalist looking for a better angle.

71 Years old Manamel Vaduge Kusumavathi in Peraliya.

"I don't have a place to live" says 71 years old Manamel Vaduge Kusumawathi in Peraliya, South of Sri Lanka.
71 Years old Manamel Vaduge Kusumavathi in Peraliya.

"Hold my hand and walk carefully."

"Take some photos".

"Let me cross quickly."

"Let me cross quickly."

A woman crosses the rail track as soon as she saw the train in the distance, in Peraliya South of Sri Lanka.

"Do not enter the train"

"Deepest sympathies to all the people, who were kiiled in tsunami."

People post posters on the train, when they come to visit. It is said that an average of 100 visitors come to the Peraliya site daily, including foreign tourists.

"My husband is a mason. He does not have a job now. We do not have any other income.We do not have a house to live. It's very difficult to manage with the seven months old daughter" says 20 years old Hikkaduwa Liyanage Sujeewa in Peraliya, South of Sri Lanka.

"I lost my parents in tsunami. My husband is a fisherman. But he has neither boat nor net to go the sea for fishing. I have a son. How can I feed my family" queries 34 years old Waththura Rukmani in Peraliya, South of Sri Lanka.

"We insist that the authorities should remove the train from thisplace soon.Because we feel sad whenever we see this. And it is blockingthe view of the sea. If tsunami comes again, we won't be able to seeuntil it hits us" says 34 years old Waththura Rukmani from Peraliya,South of Sri Lanka.

In Peraliya, site of Sri Lanka's worst train disaster.

In Peraliya, site of Sri Lanka's worst train disaster.

Sand bund is being built along the coast in Peraliya.