Not many of us are members of the fortunate clan that owns vehicles or the even more fortunate clan that has the ability to have the roads closed and cleared up for in order for them to reach their destination comfortably. So for those of us who bus it everyday from areas like Colpetty to Pettah as of late, it has become a strenuous exercise. Every minute that you get late to leave office increases the time to travel to Pettah by a larger margin.

Previously when we the ordinary law abiding citizens of this country were not considered a security threat and were allowed to travel to Pettah on the Galle Road, the journey would take approximately 10 minutes. Now of course it is no less than 30 minutes and the later you get, the larger the time required to travel. If the “one who should not be named” decides to take to the roads then only a magic wand can help us and as of now the wands are out of stock.

So at the moment the citizens of this country have no option but to travel in severe traffic for over 30 minutes when the journey should actually take only about 10 minutes and this is just from Colpetty to Pettah, I wonder how it for those who travel on other roads. It is said that time is money so this further adds to the amount of money that is being wasted in this country due to this senseless war. A new high speed train was developed (cannot remember where) to reduce the time taken by commuters to travel by 20 minutes. So instead of taking measures to improve the transport system and time taken to travel, we are successfully implementing measures that will result in more time being wasted. I am sure all of this is adding more pressure to our already unstable economy.

However our local pus patriots only shout against things that will bring some good to this country such as ending the conflict and proclaim that the country is headed down the wrong path. Sri Lanka is a country that has no true patriots in powerful positions and the powerful people who think of themselves as patriots do not know the meaning of patriotism and do not practice it.