Madhu church access road opens on Aug 14

Irangika RANGE

The access road to the Madhu Shrine which was liberated from the LTTE terrorists after 30 years will be commissioned on August 14 on the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The annual Madhu Church festival will be held on August 14 and 15, for the first time after eliminating completely terrorism in the North. Therefore, this opportunity would benefit thousands of pilgrims attending the feast from various parts of the country, a Spokesman from the Highways and Road Development Ministry told the Daily News.

The construction work on the main road heading to the sacred Shrine has already been completed as an a accelerated project by the Government at a cost of Rs.132 million.

Accordingly, the stretch of road from Puliyadirakkam to Madhu Shrine (11km) on the Medawachchiya-Mannar-Thalaimannar main road ( A14) has been widen upto six meters.

In addition to the main access road to the Madhu Shrine, three by-roads including the procession road (0.85km),internal road (3km) and circular road (4km) within and around the Madhu Shrine had also been reconstructed under the supervision of the Highways and Road Development Ministry and Road Development Authority, he said.

The renovation had been carried out by five local contractors.

The Government will reconstruct the roads within the area of Madhu Shrine before the pilgrimage begins.