It was a watery grave for Anoma

By Senaka de Silva and Sumaiya Rizvi

The irresponsible behaviour of the CMC is blamed for the loss of an innocent life in Colombo yesterday.
Young S.M. Anoma Induttara Gunadasa (30) of Uyana road, Moratuwa, an employee of the “Save the Children Fund” could not ‘save’ herself after she fell into an unprotected manhole along Wijerama Road in Colombo 7.
Anoma joined the Save the Children Fund in June last year as a research coordinator and was an excellent team member, dedicated to her work and committed to the vision of the organization.
Grieving colleagues said Anoma was soon to get married to one of her fellow workers at the time of her untimely death.
Cinnamon Gardens Inspector K. Kirthipala said the CMC workers who had removed the manhole lid for maintenance work might have failed to replace it.
However CMC officials said workmen cleaned the water outlets daily but made it a point to replace the lids to ensure the safety of the pedestrians.