Independence Square rehabilitation project begins

Mohammed Naalir

COLOMBO: The foot path between Independence Square and the planetarium named as Janaraja Sakmana will be handed over at a ceremony by Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake today at 8.30 am as part of the ceremony to mark the 35th Republic day. Urban Development Minister Rohana Dissanayake will also participate.

The Urban development Authority on the advice of Urban development and Sacred Area Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardane will complete the independence square development project in five stages.

Gregory's Road, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Maitland Crescent, Wijerama Mawatha and Prof. Stanley Wijesundara Mawatha have been identified as the perimeter of the Independence Square development project.

Under the second stage it is envisaged to rehabilitate the Independence Building and its environment, rename the road from Bauddhaloka Mawatha to Independence Square as the Sanskruthika Mawatha and develop the approach road to Independence Square.