People First or Face Their Wrath Later
J ust like after the Tsunami striking Sri Lanka, foreign aids have started arriving again this time too during this world pandemic situation. The last to hear was the 22 million Euros grant received from the European Commission. Eventually where the large portion it will end up is everyone’s guess but I am sure yours is not that far off from the most others. People in some parts of the country are placed under curfew and lockdown for a couple of weeks now. Despite miserably failed government efforts which were only good during media briefings to send essential food and other items to areas where lockdowns are in place, some entrepreneurs have stepped in to make some fast bucks by providing food and other items by visiting door to door. Despite the government’s assurance that assistance will be given, banks, leasing agencies and other lenders have still not heeded to those promises and are going about doing their business as usual. So far things are working out relatively g...