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Killing of 600 policemen: Where is justice?
There is a famous saying that the law is no respector of persons. As we saw in the Bindunuwewa case, the verdict has been given and we have no complaints about that.

However, what comes to mind is a top leader asking 600 police constables to surrender to the LTTE. What happened? All were killed. Where is justice for them? Human rights groups are not concerned about such coldblooded murder. Is this justice? Is justice synonymous with law or law synonymous with justice? Will the authorities give an answer?

T.M. Premaratne
Kandy

Changing phone numbers
Phone numbers keep changing twice, thrice especially after the directories have been printed and issued. This causes much inconvenience. What a waste of money?

Dora Subasinghe
Sandalankawa

Katubedda's potholed road
P .B. Alwis Perera Mawatha in Katubedda is in a deplorable state with gaping potholes. When it rains, they get filled with muddy water which splashes onto pedestrians every time a vehicle passes. As a ratepayer and regular user of the road, I like to invite the mayor and the ward member to have a good look at this potholed road.

A Ratepayer
Katubedda

It's economic violence
Some people always resort to strikes, hartals, picketing campaigns and boycotts to obtain trivial benefits. This is economic violence and should not be tolerated.

Even public property is not spared and we have seen the roofing on bus halts removed, bus seats torn apart and graffiti scribbled all over the walls. Religion seems to have failed to instil goodness in people.

R. Shanmuganathan
Nuwara Eliya

Remove illegal constructions
I agree with the writer from Negombo that the police were responsible for finding a solution to the traffic congestion on the Ja-ela-Colombo Road and that they should be commended. Let's hope the police will be able to compel the local authorities to cut the branches of the trees overhanging onto the road as well.

Another area which needs to be looked at is illegal constructions by the roadside. Removal of these illegal constructions will be no easy task for the police. Those behind them will have influential persons to support them. It seems to be the practice not to demolish illegal constructions if the walls have posters of politicians during election time. Let's hope the police will take action.

P. D. Cooray
Seeduwa

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