POSSIBLE LOCATIONS TO SITE THE KANDY AIRPORT INSPECTED
Aviation Services Minister inspects the location in Kandy where the proposed Kandy Airport is to come up.
Minister Keheliya Rambukwella also joined Minister Priyankara Jayaratne in inspecting the location where the proposed Kandy Airport is to be constructed. The Ministers inspected a 42-acre block of land of the Agriculture Department, 1 250-acre farmland of the Peradeniya University and another 250 acre block of land at Ambakote belonging to the Mahaweli Authority. The Ministers expressing their views to the media after the inspections said that construction work on the Airport would commence after the receipt of technical report on the related lands.
Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake was also present on this occasion.