1,050 national identity cards found buried!

Nov 22, 2016

One thousand and fifty national identity cards that had remained buried for years have surfaced at Nuga Sevana in Beminiyanwila, Ambalantota.

The IDs were found yesterday (21) when earth was being moved by a backhoe during maintenance work in an irrigational reservation of D 3 canal in the Uhapita Goda Grama Seva division area.
 
Peduru Arachchige Chandrasiri, who is the driver of the backhoe, said he found them packed in black-coloured polythene bags.
 
After being informed, police took custody of the IDs. Some of the IDs are still recognizable and belong to persons with addresses in Mamadala, Beminiyanwila, Hanganwathura, Jansagama and Walawewatte areas.
 
(Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi - Hambantota)