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RDA to launch city beautification program in Sri Lanka capital
Thursday, 27 March 2008 - 4:17 AM SL Time
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The Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka is launching a city beautification program tomorrow.
According the government sources, the first project under this program is to be carried in to effect at the Parliament roundabout in Colombo.
The road between the Parliament roundabout and Devi Balika College will be cleaned, said the sources. All garbage on waysides of the road and all unwarranted billboards will be removed. Constructing of water ponds to beautify roundabouts will be commenced, said the sources.
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LankanWay
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 27 Mar 2008 00:21:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Finally we have a government that is trying to do 'something'.
Mahinda is a BETTER version of Premadasa...
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Magnum357
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 27 Mar 2008 02:02:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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All garbage on waysides of the road and all unwarranted billboards will be removed.
More than the beautification, this is being done for security reasons. The Sri Lanka -Japan friendship road also has undergone a similar cleaning up and beautifiction in the name of security!
Edited By - Magnum357 - 27 Mar 2008 02:04:49 GMT |
RealKaruna
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27 Mar 2008 04:19:25 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The only beauty in Colombo is what we inherited from the British. Kandy was a beautiful city under the Kandyan kings, but Colombo did not have a king. |
Ramz
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 27 Mar 2008 07:10:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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I think, better the GoSL to start 'rescue of the poor program'......
there will be billions spent on those beautfications..... forget about the percentage going into pockets.......what if those billions are used in the first place to give the poor a better life, boosting the economy and bring down the CoL....
then we can think about these beautifications.... |
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27 Mar 2008 07:13:18 GMT Report for Abuse
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RealKaruna
but Colombo did not have a king
as I know, when British came to the island, there was a kingdom in the island called 'Kotte'... and there was a king (I can't recall the name) |
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 27 Mar 2008 08:09:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Kotte was the capital when the Portuguese came, kings like mayadunne and parakrambahu VI ruled there. capital shifted to kandy after Portuguese took control of the coast. |
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28 Mar 2008 20:16:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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Very glorious decision.
The next step would be cleaning of parliamentary premises and surrounding areas.
Then goes to the next step of cleaning the lake around the parliament.
The next step is beautification of areas around the parliamentarians residences.
What else!
Thanks Ranawaka.
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