Sparse crowds in Pettah as Avurudu prices bite | Print Edition – The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka






















Pettah, Colombo’s bustling shopping hub, was unusually calm this Avurudu season. Streets—normally teeming with shoppers and traffic jams—were sparse, reflecting the dwindling purchasing power of the people as fuel and essential prices soared following the US and Israel’s war against Iran on February 28.  Pic by M.A. Pushpa Kumara  

Print Edition – The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka

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Pettah, Colombo’s bustling shopping hub, was unusually calm this Avurudu season. Streets—normally teeming with shoppers and traffic jams—were sparse, reflecting the dwindling purchasing power of the people as fuel and essential prices soared following the US and Israel’s war against Iran on February 28.

 Pic by M.A. Pushpa Kumara

 

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