COLOMBO - Nirupa Samanthi, 53, has not been able to sell any hot rice hoppers for three days in a row. Although disappointed, she is not surprised.
Every one of her 220 neighbours in Block B of Siyapath Sevana, a housing complex for low-income families in Colombo, has been cutting expenses. The residents - labourers, gardeners, taxi drivers, domestic workers, salesmen and snack vendors - are feeling the pain of an economic emergency like never before.
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