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News Image 49069 - new bridges in Eastern Province
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 - 9:59 AM SL Time - Some news pictures are worth a million words
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The 397-metre long, 10-metre wide bridge was set up under the Eastern Province Resurgence project at the request of the President to overcome the difficulties of the people in Kinniya, President Media Unit said.
The bridge was constructed by a Chinese company at a cost of 720 million rupees with the financial assistance from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The construction of the bridge was launched in 2004 when the President was serving as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
A large crowd gathered to witness the historic event.-
The residents of Kinniya said the dream of the people in the area has become a reality due to this new bridge and it will help them to reach Trincomalee more easily. The public use ferry transport to cross the Kinniya Lagoon to reach Kinniya and Muttur areas in the Trincomalee District.
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magha
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 21 Oct 2009 03:06:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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The bridge was constructed by a Chinese company at a cost of 720 million rupees with the financial assistance from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
How come our engineers couldn't build this bridge and gave it to Chinese?
If Mahinda Mama was the President at the time it was launched would he had given it to our engineers to build the bridge?
Edited By - magha - 21 Oct 2009 03:10:06 GMT |
AnuD
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 21 Oct 2009 03:19:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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How come our engineers couldn't build this bridge and gave it to Chinese?
I was thinking the same. Did LAKSHAPANA build by foreigners too. IT is long after that Sri Lankan Engineers built something.
What is good looking?
Good scenery.
Edited By - AnuD - 21 Oct 2009 03:20:25 GMT |
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 21 Oct 2009 03:30:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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| LTTE destroys bridges, while the GoSL creates them! The eastern tamils are happy, but the 100% non-selfish overseas tamils are still staging Big Mac sponsored fake hunger strikes! :(( |
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