{
  "id": 4087318,
  "title": "Pera railway bridge ‘unlikely to be rebuilt before Kandy city plan launch’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/pera-railway-bridge-unlikely-to-be-rebuilt-before-kandy-city-plan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T00:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/pera-railway-bridge-unlikely-to-be-rebuilt-before-kandy-city-plan-launch/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Peradeniya railway bridge is unlikely to be rebuilt until the Kandy city development plan is completed, the Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Association (SLRSMA) has claimed. SLRSMA Chairman Sumedha Somaratne told the media yesterday that nearly a year had passed since the bridge was damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, yet the Up-Country railway line remained […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}