A S M JAVID
COLOMBO- Hundreds of elders and handicapped people turned up at the Kotahena Post Office to get Rs 1,000 Covid Relief Allowance given by the government.
They were waiting in long queues in the scorching sun on Wednesday, Sept.1 for their turn. Some said that they waited for more than four hours in the queue. They had paid taxi fare Rs 500 to get this 1,000 allowance