Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Travel Touch card used in Colombo City



Travel Touch card introduce to Sri lanka in 2013 December.Last month i brought a travel card from promotion campaign in borella area.
It cost Rs 200 and it contains value of Rs. 200.you can topped this card in any shop which can reloads to  mobile phones.

Now it is famous among the private buses in colombo city.CTB government buses do not support this feature.

Once you given this card to conductor,he will touch it on his machine.Then it will generate the bus ticket.

It's a good solution for bus service.Because handing money in a bus is difficult.Nowadays most conductors has a less exchangable money.Most of them do not have Rs 1,Rs 2 ,Rs 5 coins.So this card is a suitable solution for handling coins issue on a bus.

Most of the countries now used this system in their bus service.But it's a new experience for Lankans.This system implemented by Dialog,famous mobile service provider in Sri Lanka. 

Monday, August 4, 2014

Hand over Torn notes/damage notes to Bank of Ceylon



In the day to day life you will received  damage/torn notes.Please do not pass it to another person by hide it as a good note.It's not a good practice.Please hand over it to Bank.

If you are live in Sri Lanka you can hand over it to Bank Of Ceylon.But if you are live in another country,then you have to refer the process your country banks follows.But in this article i am talk about Sri lanka currency notes.

It's a natural thing once people use the notes 5 or 6 years,they will be get damage.But some notes will runs more than 10 years.I am point out if the note get damage then you need to remove it from society ,Because people will not willing to take damaged notes.




Process you need to follow to hand over damaged notes to bank.

1. take a A4 sheet.
2. Place the damaged note in the piece of paper.
3. give few minutes to make them dry.
4. after that write your name , Account no , branch name and signature on the back side of that stick damage note.
5. Remember in order to do this process, you need to have a BOC bank account.
6. then count the value of these damage notes, and fill the deposit slip with that count.
7. go to the bank counter 
8. hand over these damaged notes to counter with deposit slip 
9. Then bank update your pass book against the damaged notes value.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Panamure Elephant

Panamure Elephant  is the king of the Elephant Group,who lived on Panamure jungle,near Panamure village,near to Rathnapura Town.Last few month I got a opportunity to read the book called Panamure Elephant.The author of the book was Piyasena Kahadagamage.I would like to share this elephant story in this blog.

Panamure is a village located in the Ratnapura District of the Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. The Panamure Elephant was the leader of a large herd of 22 elephants, including both adult and young elephants, living in Panamure.

In 1950, an elephant kraal (traditional elephant capture) was organized by Sir Francis Molamure to capture this herd. Although the group was caught, the Panamure Elephant proved uncontrollable. He managed to direct and protect the other elephants, attempting to free them from the trap. Eventually, people were able to control the herd — all except the Panamure Elephant.

They attempted to release him by opening the barriers, but he refused to leave his herd. The captured elephants were kept confined for over 30 days. During this time, new elephant calves were born, and the elder female elephants began producing milk to feed the newborns, making the situation increasingly difficult to manage.

Finally, Sir Francis Molamure decided to kill the Panamure Elephant to resolve the situation. According to the rules at the time, an elephant had to be killed with a single bullet. The Sri Lankan Police attempted to carry this out but failed. Sir Francis then sought a skilled marksman and eventually found a man named Kadiragaman, who successfully shot and killed the Panamure Elephant.

Following the incident, the opposition party (the Communist Party) organized protests against the government. As a result, the government introduced a parliamentary rule banning elephant kraals in the future.

Thus, the 1950 Panamure Elephant Kraal became the last elephant kraal ever held in Sri Lanka. Due to his sacrifice, the Panamure Elephant became a revered symbol — remembered as the elephant who gave freedom to Sri Lanka's wild elephants.