COLOMBO – In the low-income neighbourhood of Wanathamulla in Colombo city, Mrs Pushpa Galhena, 57, described a tough life in numbers, not sentiment.
“Oh, and bus and tuk-tuk fares are around 600 rupees every Thursday,” she added, referring to their weekly trips to the hospital for her husband’s dialysis. It was supposed to be her family’s ticket out of poverty, but two months into it, the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and she was forced to temporarily close the fully stocked store.
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