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Sri Lanka, 20 years after the Boxing Day tsunami

06:25 Min

The tsunami of December 2004 devastated over two-thirds of Sri Lanka’s coastline. Over 50,000 lives were lost and more than 100,000 households were displaced. Saifulbahri Ismail looks at the problems facing Sri Lanka in housing reconstruction and the worst train disaster in history, in the final part of the series commemorating 20 years after the tsunami.

The tsunami of December 2004 devastated over two-thirds of Sri Lanka’s coastline. Over 50,000 lives were lost and more than 100,000 households were displaced. Saifulbahri Ismail looks at the problems facing Sri Lanka in housing reconstruction and the worst train disaster in history, in the final part of the series commemorating 20 years after the tsunami.

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