Srilanka, June 21 -- Train guards operating on the resumed Nanu Oya-Badulla railway service have allegedly collected money from tourists in exchange for access to train compartments, railway sources said.

According to a senior Railway Department official, train guards are alleged to have collected nearly Rs. 100,000 on the first day of the service's resumption yesterday (20).

Train services between Nanu Oya and Badulla resumed yesterday following the completion of restoration work on the upcountry railway line, which had been damaged by Cyclone Ditwah.

Rail operations had previously been restricted to the Ambewela-Badulla section after a landslide damaged the railway track at Parakumpura, between Nanu Oya and Ambewela.

It is alleged ...