Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

KV line needs urgent repair

- T.B. Rahaman Via email

This is to bring to the notice of the Railway Department that the services provided to commuters on the KV line need to be improved urgently.

Often the train engine stops working on the journey and passengers are unable to reach their work places on time. This also happens when the passengers are going home after work. This is because the trains on this line are very old and perhaps not well maintained.

Even the tracks are not smooth. The train gets shaken from side to side so vigorously that a passenger can be thrown from the seat. Sometimes, the jerk is so vigorous that the passenger’s spine hits the back of the seat so hard that it can cause permanent damage to the backbone.

This happens only at some places perhaps due to unevenness of the track.

We hope the authoritie­s will take quick action and repair the tracks as soon as possible.

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