A court order has been issued to bury 40 unidentified bodies that have been lying at the National Hospital in Colombo since 2017.
The order issues instructions to bury the bodies at the Oddamavadi burial ground in Batticaloa.
The burial process is to be implemented after following the necessary legal procedures.
The Oddamavadi burial ground in Batticaloa is currently being used for the burial of Covid victims in Sri Lanka. (NewsWire)