Sri Lanka, Feb. 17 -- Train services on the Puttalam line which were suspended due to damage from Cyclone Ditwah, fully resumed operations yesterday with trains running from Colombo Fort to Puttalam.

Back in 1964, I was working as DMO at Mirigama Government Hospital when a major derailment of the Talaimannar/Colombo train occurred at the railway crossing in Wilwatte, near the DMO’s quarters. The ...