Highways minister, come & see the magic – this is how highways are built speedily!

Jan 17, 2017

Sri Lanka’s highways minister Lakshman Kiriella once said that work on the Kandy highway project could not be launched due to the absence of an auspicious time. He said that roads would definitely be developed in the new year that has dawned. He barely managed to lay the foundation before the end of January for the project to widen the stretch of road between Orugodawatte Junction and Ambatale on Colombo-Ratnapura low level road to four lanes.

Since he holds the respected position of leader of the House in the ‘Yahapaalana’ government and makes such contributions to national development, minister Kiriella should watch the video given below without fail. It is not difficult to understand that the incident taking place in this video did not happen in Sri Lanka. That is because such things could seem like magic as long as leaders like Kiriella rule this country. This happened in Australia. Highways are under construction in the massive desert-like landscape of Australia. In that task, idiotic questions like which ministry will have to pass the funding for rural development do not arise. That is why these highways are being constructed speedily.

This highway is under construction at Western Australia’s Moora area, as a road link to the area’s airstrip to be used in an emergency. First, the road is firmed properly and then bitumen is laid, followed by a layer of pebbles. The road is dead straight and there are no twists. The length of the road is 4.9 km. Australia took only two days to build it at a cost of 443,000 Australian dollars. An Australian dollar fetches 113 Sri Lankan rupees. At that rate, Australia spent 50,059,000 Sri Lankan rupees to build a 4.9 km of highway. No auspicious time was considered, but the road was completed in two days. Here in Sri Lanka, we are now waiting not two days, but two years, for development. Should anything else be said about development in Sri Lanka? We are told that highways were built with gold previously. But, citizens are asking as to why highways are not being built at least by gold now!!!

So, minister Kiriella, come and see the magic – click the video below