President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he will be redrawing the map of Sri Lanka with the massive development projects the government plans to launch in the coming years. These include reclaiming 500 acres of land from the sea off the Colombo coast, along the Galle Face Green.
“Two years from now the May Day celebrations will be held at the Galle Face Green, overlooking the reclaimed land,” the President told a United People’s Front Alliance rally at the Colombo Town Hall last evening.
The President said five new harbours will be developed, as well as a new airport. “The people voted for us to develop the country, and this we will most definitely be doing,” he said.Among the special guests present at the UPFA May Day rally were actress-turned Member of Parliament, Malini Fonseka; Southern Provincial Council member and actress Anarkali Akarsha; MP Duminda Silva, and several MPs from the Kandy district, including Mahindananda Aluthgamage and Keheliya Rambukwella.
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| Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne shares a word with President Mahinda Rajapaksa while Minister Maithripala Sirisena looks on at the UPFA May Day rally at Colombo’s Town Hall yesterday. |
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