Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- Whilst highlighting that Colombo Mayor Vraie Cally Balthazar has failed to carry out her duty of getting drains of Colombo City cleaned despite prior warnings of heavy rain, opposition MP S. M. Marikar yesterday said she should resign from the post or should be removed.

" Prior warnings were issued by the Department of Meteorology of heavy rains due to El Nino in the months of October or November. The mayor should have got the drains and culverts in Colombo City cleaned on time. Colombo City would not have been flooded on Friday if the drains were cleaned on time. Either the mayor should resign or President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should remove her from her post " MP Marikar who is also a member of the Disaster Man...