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Pavements have become parking spots
View(s):Despite no parking signboards put up by SP Traffic Police in busy Colombo streets, vehicles such as motor bicycles, three wheelers and cars are seen parked even on pavements.
Pix and text by Priyantha Wikramaarachchi
Our photographs show vehicles parked recklessly along First Cross Street and Maliban Street in Colombo 11, Kynsey Road in Colombo 8 and in Colombo Fort, in the Hulftsdorp area in Colombo 12, and in Vinayalankara Mawatha in Colombo 10.
Even close to the entrances of government offices and public places too, the no parking signs were being ignored. Those mostly affected by the situation were pedestrians who were forced to walk on the streets in the rain, risking their lives.
No parking signs ignored. The scene at First Cross Street in Colombo 11.
Vehicles parked in the Hulftsdorp area.
Those mostly affected by the parking situation were pedestrians, who had to walk on the roads in the rain.
Kynsey Road in Colombo 8.
Three wheelers parked on Maliban Street in Colombo 11.
Vinayalankara Mawatha in Colombo 10.