Over Rs. 6,500m for Anuradhapura road development projects
Irangika Range
'The government has initiated a massive road development drive in
Anuradhapura and the Deyata Kirula national exhibition area. Over Rs.
6,500 million has been allocated for this project which includes the
rehabilitation of main roads connecting different towns with
Anuradhapura city , Ports and Highways Deputy Minister Nirmala
Kothalawala told the Daily News.
A massive transformation is taking place in road development with the
awakening of Oyamaduwa as a result of the Deyata Kirula national
development exhibition.
"Oyamaduwa is a remote village in the Rajarata which had never
witnessed the scale of development it is now experiencing through the
accelerated Deyata Kirula development drive and is ready to face a new
era in development," the minister further said. We are rehabilitating
the main, provincial and rural roads in the Anuradhapura district. Rs.
one million has been granted to develop selected roads in each Grama
Niladhari division in Anuradhapura.
Accordingly, Millavetiya-Polpala junction road which is (5.7 Km) and
Pemaduwa-Ulukulama road (3.7km) will also be concreted.
The government has allocated Rs.522 million to carpet the access road
(23km) to the Anuradhapura sacred city while the Lolugaswewa -
Oyamadu(15km), Thanthirimale bridge - Chettikulam road (8km), Ulukkulama
-Elayapaththuwa (12km), Maningamuwa-Thanthirimale(10.5km),
Devanampiyatissa-Mihintale(0.45 km) Madamaluwa-Mihintale(0.8km), old
hospital road-Mihintala(0.22km), Katuseya-Mihintale(0.42km),
Kaduwatta-Mihintale(4km) and Rajagirilena-Mihintale (1km) roads will be
rehabilitated spending Rs.926 million, Rs.369 million, Rs.624 million,
Rs.220 million, Rs.7 million, Rs.28 million, Rs. six million, Rs.11
million, Rs.63 million and Rs. two million respectively.
Other ongoing road rehabilitation projects in the Anuradhapura
district include, the Godage road (Rs.24..7million),Pubudupura road
(Rs.51 million), Semasinghe road (Rs.25.2 million), Bulankulama road
(Rs.37.8million), Puttalama-Trincomalee road (Rs.146 million),
Anuradhapura - Padeniya (Rs.284 million), Dharampala road(Rs.137
million), D.S.Senanayake road ( Rs.110 million), Harischandra
road(Rs.104 million), Maithiripala Senanayake road (Rs.164 million),
Sinha Kanuwa road-railway road (Rs.28.3 million), Kalaththewa -
Matale(Rs.136 million), Sinha Kanuwa road - Sri Maha Bodhiya (Rs.32.1
million), Wilpattu Sanctuary Park access road (Rs.51 million), Jaffna
junction - Sri Maha Bodhiya road (Rs.372million) and Outer Circular Road
(Rs.170 million).
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