A toss of the coin

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
“This is to record that the Southern Expressway write in history as the first venture in expressway construction in our motherland was gifted to the people on the 27th day of November 2011 by His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and be it so known by future generations as herein inscribed and may it also be known that it is the singular wish of the entire Sri Lanka nation that this would be the access to greatness in this land where His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa having declared that his abiding aspiration is to awaken a nation shorn of all expectations through 30 years of brutal terrorism did through his brave and patriotic leadership enthrone freedom and accepted the custodianship of this blessed land to bring further greatness to the motherland” – Gate Way to a Miracle, the plaque installed at the rest area on the Southern Highway.