Large mounds of garbage collecting on the sides of the Mapalagama Road in Galle, caused an accident early this morning, when a security forces jeep skidded and rammed into a three-wheeler.
A motorcycle following closely behind was also affected by the accident. The injured were taken hospital.
Residents claim the Bope-Poddala pradeshiya sabha is to blame for the incident as they fail to remove the garbage accumulating on the Mapalagama Road.
D. G. Banduala, Secretary of the Bope-Poddala pradeshiya sabha however claims they are doing all they can: “We have only three vehicles to remove garbage with,” he said.
We remove garbage daily and weekly.
But we can’t change these people’s habits. They throw garbage all over the place no matter how many sign posts we put up saying ‘don’t dump garbage here’ they dump garbage,” he said.
“We have sent a separate vehicle today to especially pick up the garbage from the Mapalagama Road after the accident,” he added.
