(Lanka-e-News -28.Nov.2011,11.50P.M.) The much hyped Expressway dubbed as ‘Miraculous Gateway’ which was inaugurated yesterday (27) , and called as the best express Highway ,claimed its first victims this morning at about 7.15 when two persons sustained injuries owing to an accident on the expressway. According to the police there is a bend at the inappropriate place on the expressway. A number of drivers using the expressway told Lanka e news , as there were no lights on the expressway , which coupled with the glare of the lights of the oncoming vehicles and the rains ,aggravated their difficulties manifold when driving at high speed.
This expressway was inaugurated by President Rajapakse yesterday (27) with immense pomp and fanfare . By 4.00 p.m. yesterday , 4000 vehicles had traveled down the expressway bringing in a revenue of Rs. 10 lakhs, the Highway development Authority revealed.
