Risking young lives

Lack of buses in many rural areas has forced students to risk their lives on their way to school and back home. Despite road development programmes and the latest improvements in the transport sector, the authorities have failed to notice the plight of these students.

These pictures show students chasing after a moving bus to board in order to get home early. Pics by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa. For video see our website www.sundaytimes.lk