Canadian tourist to sue Kataragama UDA

Nelson Piyaratne - Kataragama Group corr.

A Canadian female tourist hopes to claim compensation from the Kataragama Urban Development Authorities for a leg injury caused by falling into an unprotected manhole in Kataragama town.

The tourist who arrived in the island a few days ago had come to Kataragama to visit sacred places including the Kataragama Maha Devalaya and Kiriwehera in the sacred city.

After visiting these places she had come to Kataragama Town to purchase some goods. While walking along the pavement, she had fallen into a pit which covered upto her shoulders. When she raised cries several three wheeler drivers had rescued her and taken her to a near by private dispensary.

After receiving treatment she had refused to pay, saying the authorities who constructed the town are liable to make payment for the treatment as the physical harm was caused to her through their negligence along with compensation for physical and mental agony.

She had got the address of the Urban Development Authority in Colombo from the people who had gathered and told them that she would lodge a complaint to claim for compensation.