Matugama boy invents mobile colour light stand

K K D Premalal -Matugama Daily News Corr

Asurumuni Didula Loliya, a grade 6 student of St Mary's College, Matugama has invented a mobile colour light stand.

Asuramuni Didula Loliya with his new invention the mobile colour light stand. Below: The mobile colour lights are on and the children cross the road safely. Pictures by K K D Premalal, Matugama Daily News Corr

He operated the mobile colour light stand at an auspicious time opposite his school with the participation of a large gathering.

Asurumuni is also the inventor of an echo- friendly chalk duster.

Describing how he invented the mobile colour light stand, Asurumuni said: "I saw on television how a man was knocked down by a vehicle while crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing in the presence of traffic police.

"This compelled me to invent the mobile colour light stand.

"Police officers control traffic in the sun and while raining. They can now be away from the road and control traffic comfortably with a remote control."

The boy said he used only discarded material such as used paint containers, old torch parts, a part of a fan, a remote control of a toy car, a plastic box, conduit pipes etc to make the mobile colour light stand.

The mobile colour light stand enables traffic police to operate it from a distance. This allows him or her to be away from the traffic floor which might put him or her in danger. The hands fixed in the stand give clear signals with an alarm. Even the blind can cross the road safely when the alarm is on, he said.

Impressed by the new mobile colour light stand, Matugama St Mary's Principal Jayasiri Gajadeera said: "Didula has made the school proud twice in the recent past. We always encourage students to come up with inventions."

Asurumuni has also been commended by IGP N K Illangakoon who has encouraged him to improve it further so that it could be used mainly in the vicinity of schools.

The boy hopes to apply for a patent for his product shortly.