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Sri Lanka government wants to initiate railway links with India
Wednesday, 3 December 2008 - 9:02 PM SL Time
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Colombo, Dec 03: Sri Lanka has expressed its willingness to initiate a railway link with neighbouring India via the north-western coastal Mannar Island, which is located a few nautical miles away from India`s pilgrim town of Rameshwaram.
Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma has told Parliament that although there was a `quantitative growth` in all modes of transportation, such increase had not taken place in a uniform manner.
`We have a dream of constructing a railway corridor from Sri Lanka to India via Mannar . We may not be able to realise it during our regime but we hope to initiate the project,` Minister Alahapperuma said during the budget debate in Parliament Tuesday.
Claiming that the import of 100 sets from China has neutralised the shortage of railway carriages in the country, he said that most of the 1,200 km long railway tracks have been modernised after 15 long years.
`The addition of another 20 power sets and three railway engines under the Indian Line of Credit can be seen as the best evidence that there were no unrealised dreams,` a state-run media report quoted Alahapperuma as saying in Parliament.
Highlighting the need to improve the transport system in the island nation, Alahapperuma told parliament that 90 percent of the country`s population had been using the public transport and the need was always rising.
He said that a `national transport policy` has now been prepared for the development of the transport sector as an industry.
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Spetsnaz1
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 3 Dec 2008 15:16:25 GMT Report for Abuse
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This is a bit too soon... GOSL should concentrate more on upbringing the railway network at home.. also the threat of LTTE terrorism should be neutralized before something like this to occur.
'We have a dream of constructing a railway corridor from Sri Lanka to India via Mannar . We may not be able to realise it during our regime but we hope to initiate the project,' Minister Alahapperuma said during the budget debate in Parliament Tuesday.
another problem is government changes.. from personal experiences this has effected some infrastructure projects at the moment.. so the current GOSL should really take that into consideration.. |
Uduwerage
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 3 Dec 2008 16:10:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Excellent idea, the more that both countries are really working together, the greater chance that peace will become a reality.
Of course, dreams will have to become a reality for this to happen, and for that to happen people need to awake from their slumber and engage in action. |
Ruhunu
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 3 Dec 2008 16:35:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Are they thinking of a bridge or a ferry service is not clear |
kiwikanga
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 3 Dec 2008 20:28:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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| How about getting the Matara Kataragama line in order for starters? :)) |
Gaja
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 3 Dec 2008 23:04:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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How about getting the Matara Kataragama line in order for starters
How about Colombo-Nallur Expressway? |
Gamegodaya
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4 Dec 2008 03:43:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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Nothing new! We had Colombo -Madras/Egmore (Chennai)Train via T'Mannar ferry service. Even Teams from Colombo to Goplan Trophy Cricket Match also used this in 1960's. Hope the Minister will bring back CGR to that Golden era.
We also deram the Yal Devi & UththraDevi to KKS with in 7-8 hours Journey from Colombo.
Edited By - Gamegodaya - 4 Dec 2008 04:00:35 GMT |
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| Minister first dream to put train service to north atleast to vavniya, south east region like potuvil, monaragala then dream about putting it to india |
kiora
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4 Dec 2008 09:19:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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| We have a dream minister Alahaperuma that dream will fulfill my personnel dream of more money for my bank account. |
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