It is more than 10 years since the bridge connecting the villages of Gallewa and Wanduressa in Kotavehera, Nikaweratiya in the Kurunegala District was destroyed. The villagers ‘constructed’ a makeshift bridge with coconut tree trunks to cross over. The students too take the risk of crossing the makeshift bridge.  Pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe

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10 years on for a bridge ‘too far’ to be replaced

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It is more than 10 years since the bridge connecting the villages of Gallewa and Wanduressa in Kotavehera, Nikaweratiya in the Kurunegala District was destroyed. The villagers ‘constructed’ a makeshift bridge with coconut tree trunks to cross over. The students too take the risk of crossing the makeshift bridge.  Pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe

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