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Monday, July 20, 2009

Govt. to remove 30 newly constructed bridges on Sri Lanka southern highway

Sri Lanka government has decided to remove 30 newly constructed bridges on the Southern Expressway and to construct new ones, said Minister of Highways, T.B Ekanayaka.

Minister Ekanayaka said survey conducted by a group of Moratuwa University has revealed that 40% of the bridges along the Southern Expressway have failed to meet the proper standards.

The cost for replacing the new bridges on the Expressway should be borne by the constructors, he added.

The survey was conducted after the tragic death of a youth at Poddala in Galle due to the collapse of a new bridge on the expressway in May.

Preliminary investigations into the incident have revealed that it was due to the negligence of the contractor, Kumagai Gumi Co Ltd.

According to the Ministry there are 73 bridges on the Southern Expressway.

Source: Lanka-e-News 17.July.2009 2.00PM)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

In the name of rehabilitation, displaced people are transferred to other camps.

A portion of the displaced people from Trincomalee were sheltered in Batticaloa camps, had been transferred to Kilivetti internment camps.
According to this arrangement, 122 persons from 37 families who had been sheltered in the second Sri Lankan Camp located at Sathurukondan, Batticaloa were sent by six Sri Lanka transport buses was according to information received from news reporters.

The native place of the displaced persons was Samboor, Trincomalee, but without rehabilitating them in their desired birth places, they are transferred to such internment camps, which have created massive inconveniences to the displaced persons was stated.

Source: [Wednesday, 15 July 2009,]Lanka

Lanka's largest economic centre coming up in Omanthai

The government has decided to set up Sri Lanka's largest economic centre in Omanthai.
The Minister of Consumer Affairs, Bandula Gunawardena said that the centre would act as a hub to exchange agricultural produce and other goods between the north and the south. “The Centre will be set up on a 20-acre land and will be planned out by the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau,” the Minister said.
It would be complete with storage, packing and refrigeration facilities, he said. Once the railway lines are constructed, transport costs could be further reduced, Minister Gunawardena observed

Thenmarachchi people insist for rehabilitation.

The displaced people in Thenmarachchi areas, during the year 1999 confrontations, request for rehabilitation. In this connection, an appeal letter has been forwarded by them to Sri Lanka government Officers and International Humanitarian Organization Administrative officers.
The displaced people has alleged, even though landmines are excavated in their villages, the defense sector is not granting them for rehabilitation in their native villages. 170 families from Thanankilappu, 150 families from Maravanprua and Kaithadi and Nawatkuli 250 families were displaced during the year 1999. Out of this, 35 families from Karavanpura and 200 families from Kaithadi had been rehabilitated.

According to speculation, the forces have forcibily taken over 5000 acres of land which produces half portion of paddy in Jaffna. Meanwhile, due to the closure of Thanankilappu roadway at Nunavil, people are spending more time for their travelling was stated.
Source : Lanka