WHEN we think of relief-work, what usually comes to mind are images of food parcels being distributed, forests cleared for settlements, medical clinics, make-shift schools being set up, and so on.
But there is another side to relief-work, one that in many ways is more fundamental, and whose benefits are long-term: the rebuilding of infrastructure destroyed by the conflict so that civilians can return to normal life. The Sri Lanka Armed Forces and Police have been deeply involved in this side also.
Here we see Sri Lankan soldiers rebuilding the Panichchankade Bridge, which the LTTE had blasted when retreating from the Eastern Province.
