A 9 highway around Mankulam, Sri Lanka.

Houses of the Indian assisted rehabilitation program .

Encounter with cattle - road accident

Cattle on a paddy field.

Mankulam to Murikandy on the A9 highway, December 2013, Sri Lanka..

New houses along the A9 at Mankulam.

Dumper trucks awaiting work on the A9 highway.

Entering 'Kokavil'

'Murikandy Pillayaar temple'

'Murikandy' (breaking the journey to Kandy from Jaffna in the old bullock cart days) acts even now as a place where travelers break their journey. An offering and 'poosai' is made to 'Lord Pillayaar' the guardian diety who prevents obstacles (hence his name 'Vikkinaraasaa')

Click on the web-link below to see a video presentation of the photos I took on this stretch of highway.

http://youtu.be/9imAkTN4kJ4

Vavuniya to Mankulam, 20th December 2013, a 'Photo-journey'.

On the A9 highway.

Entering 'Puliyankulam'.

Train to 'Kilinochchi' from Colombo Fort.

Newly constructed houses on foreign aid by the A9 highway.

I did this trip in a van and took these pictures. I have compiled them into a video presentation. Please click on the web-link below to see the result. The achievement in rebuilding has been remarkable as seen in the photos.

http://youtu.be/wNl4Z0S9jeY

Mankulam to Kokkavil, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

Houses nearing completion.

Concrete 'sleepers' inside the railway work-yard.

Old and newly-constructed houses.

The A9 Highway.

Mankulam to Kokkavil, A9 Highway and rail track under construction, Sri Lanka.

A9 Highway past Mankulam.

Work going on on the railway bund.

Concrete railway sleepers awaiting laying on the track.

Progress on the railway line.

Coming into Mankulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

The highway

Work on the railway line

The railway bund

Cattle, egrets and the board warning cattle crossing near the Mankulam sign  board

On the approaches to Mankulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka

Approach toMankulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

Towards Mankulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

Well paved roads are a hall mark of this part of the A9 Highway in this area.
Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUp4aclgrQ&list=UU1dqepitfAJwrQWLD-gZ3NA&index=1