'සංවර්ධනය' හමුවේ ආර්.එම්. චන්ද්‍රලතා හා ඇගේ දරුවෝ | R.M. Chandralatha and her children vis-a-vis 'development' of Sri Lanka

(2010 මැයි 23 - W3Lanka) පොළවට නැඹුරු යයි කියන සිංහල පුවත්පත් විසින් නොදකින ඇතැම් සමාජ යථාර්ථයන් ප්‍රභූ යයි කියන ඉංග්‍රීසි පුවත්පත්වලට පෙනීම සිංහල පුවත්පත් කලාවේ කණගාටුදායක තත්වය පෙන්නුම් කරයි. 


සන්ඩේ ටයිම්ස් පුවත්පතේ පළ වූ පහත සඳහන් කණගාටුදායක පුවත කියවන්න. මිනිසුන් මහ මගට ඇද දමා කරන සංවර්ධනයෙන් ලංකාවට අත් වන සෙතක් තිබේද? 


පාර අයිනේ පෙට්ටි කඩයක තැඹිලි විකුණා දරු පවුලක් නඩත්තු කළ ආර්.එම්. චන්ද්‍රලතා හා ඇගේ දරුවන් මෙකී සංවර්ධනයට අයත් නැති මිනිස් කසලද? 

Homeless woman ends up inside a bus shelter Pic by Saman Kariyawasam A 32-year-old-woman, the mother of two, who was evicted from her temporary roadside house at the Embuldeniya junction, in Mirihana, now lives inside a bus shelter. She lost her home in the recent operation to remove unauthorised structures in the city and the suburbs. R.M. Chandralatha. The woman, R. M. Chandralatha, says the Maharagama Urban Council had promised to give her a cart so she could work as a vendor. She says she has received no help so far from the Urban Council or any local authority. “My husband died a year ago, and I was making a living selling thambili by the wayside,” she told the Sunday Times. “I had a temporary home by the road. Now I have nothing, after my temporary home was pulled down, and I have no place to go.” She does not know when she will be told to vacate the bus stand. Wherever she goes, she is chased away, she says. “I have written an appeal to the President, asking for a temporary shelter or some space to put up a shop,” she said. “I cannot go from house to house selling things. People will think I am a beggar, with children. By law, we could be arrested. I have no money, and no way of making an income. “All I want is a temporary place to stay so I can earn a few rupees to feed my children and myself,” she said.