Sri Lanka, March 12 -- At the end of the COVID pandemic in 2021, the residents of Colombo North came in for a rude shock. They found that the public transport system that had served them for several decades didn't exist anymore. The Kotahena roundabout junction had been always a busy bus terminal hub with key bus routes originating for their onward journey across the city. Tragically now, no buses are found anywhere at the terminus, that now looks like a grave yard. The routes now thus terminated are: No 168 - Kotahena to Nugegoda via Fort, Slave Island, Town Hall, Borella, No 112 - Kotahena to Maharagama via Fort, Kollupitiya, Bambalapitiya, Havelock Town, Nugegoda and No 102 - Kotahena to Ratmalana via Fort, Kollupitiya, Bambalapitiya, ...