Whither Clean Sri Lanka: Decline in road safety and proliferation of waste dumping

Considering the instances where proliferation of waste dumping is increasing, and the ongoing deaths and injuries due to maniacal driving by bus drivers, and others, one cannot but feel that the much-publicised Clean Sri Lanka concept has not yet got off ground as desired.

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The Government needs to lift their game or refrain from giving people hope in anticipation of action that follows words.

THE following are a few illustrative examples of what should not be happening now. They demonstrate how some people do not care for others, and they question the impact so far of Clean Sri Lanka within the society.

Mirihana marshlands being filled by organised groups - (https://www.dailymirror.lk/recomended-news/Mirihana-marshlands-being-filled-by-organised-groups/277-305756)

Bus falls down precipice: seven dead, 20 injured

Seven passengers were killed and 20 were injured when a bus skidded off the road and fell down a precipice at 13th mile post on the Moneragala-Badulla Road at Passara this morning, said the Police (https://archives1.dailynews.lk/tags/bus-accident).

COLOMBO (News 1st) — Five people have died in separate road accidents reported across the country within the past 24 hours.

Two people, aged 53 and 46, died while two others sustained injuries following a collision between a three-wheeler and a car in Edaduwawa, Peradeniya. Meanwhile, a couple from Paragahakotuwa, died in a motorcycle accident along the Kuliyapitiya-Hettipola road in Kadawalagedara.

In a separate incident, a 58-year-old pottery vendor from Thimbiriwewa, Wariyapola, was fatally struck by a bus in Bambaragammana along the Wariyapola-Puttalam road. The bus driver has been taken into custody (https://www.newsfirst.lk/2025/03/31/five-killed-in-road-accidents-within-24-hours).