{"id":106019,"date":"2020-08-29T14:12:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T21:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=106019"},"modified":"2020-08-29T14:12:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T21:12:43","slug":"neluwa-lankagama-road-renovation-without-harming-environment-president-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/08\/29\/neluwa-lankagama-road-renovation-without-harming-environment-president-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Neluwa-Lankagama road renovation without harming environment &#8211; president (pictures)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p> President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reiterates his intention of fulfilling public aspirations in such a manner that does not harm the environment.&lt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president today (29) inspected the renovation of the Neluwa-Lankagama road and spoke to the stakeholders about allegations that the work is harming the Sinharaja forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/News_Images\/202008\/1598697350_3718920_hirunews.jpg\" alt=\"Neluwa-Lankagama+road+renovation+without+harming+environment+-+president+%28pictures%29\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials of the road development, wildlife, environment and other relevant ministries joined in the inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the occasion, president Rajapaksa said the long-standing requirement for a road for the villagers should be met while safeguarding the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lankagama is an ancient village that dates back to the reign of King Walagamba and the main livelihood of its inhabitants is tea cultivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They take their produce to Deniyaya and Neluwa via a road that is located close to the Sinharaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, patients going to hospitals and schoolchildren widely use this road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Army is renovating the 18 km long road under RDA supervision to make the present nearly four hour journey shortened to a mere 45 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bus will play on the road between Neluwa and Deniyaya once work is completed within 90 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A suspension bridge at Lankagama will be replaced with a bridge 120-feet in length and six-feet wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president also instructed that reforestation there be encouraged by providing each of the 700 families of Lankagama with three plants each free of charge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/news_uploads\/202008\/24891910.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/news_uploads\/202008\/24891911.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/news_uploads\/202008\/24891918.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/news_uploads\/202008\/24891922.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/news_uploads\/202008\/24891924.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/news_uploads\/202008\/24891925.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/news_uploads\/202008\/24891928.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/news_uploads\/202008\/2489193.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reiterates his intention of fulfilling public aspirations in such a manner that does not harm the environment.&lt; The president today (29) inspected the renovation of the Neluwa-Lankagama road and spoke to the stakeholders about allegations that the work is harming the Sinharaja forest. 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