I was there in those days in Kandy. I remember the exposition of the tooth relic, and I've paid a visit to see the relic. Those were the last days of the war, and there was a huge armed personnel to take care of the security. And thousands of volunteers, even some of them foreigners (East Asians), were there to do the cleaning. I can guarantee that there was no such pathetic situation like people having to defecate in shopping bags.
I was — and still am — in Kandy.
I'm not denying what you're saying, but here's the simple truth: in 2009, the crowd wasn't as massive as it is now. When they got a crowd of around 400,000+ back then, they actually stopped the
Dalada Wandanawa. This time, queues began even before the official starting date, and compared to the number of people who turned up, the available facilities were clearly inadequate. Anyone thinking rationally would understand that it's nearly impossible to accommodate such a massive crowd in a city like Kandy, which itself only has a population of around 120,000.
I shared this to break the myth being spread by the "Baiyas" claiming that the
Dalada Dekma in 2009 was handled far better than this time. The truth is, back then they simply shut down the event once it became unmanageable. This time, however, the crowd exceeded expectations from the very beginning, and therefore they couldn't just stop it midway.
And if you think Kandy has turned into something like the Meethotamulla garbage dump, you've been misled by social media noise. Yes, there is garbage. Yes, officials and volunteers are struggling to manage it. But I assure you — people defecating in shopping bags is not the norm, it's the extreme and rare end of what’s happening.
yako me uddayak thibba kale una ekak, dan kohed yuddayak thiyenne, hithapan lapaya uddayak thiyen kale meka karana nm kohomat thiyei d danuth mehem nm
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Post added on Apr 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM