Addressing the opening ceremony of the 185 metre, double-spanned Arugam Bay bridge which now links Pottuvil, Arugam Bay and Ulla in the Eastern Province, President Rajapaksa stated that he too shared the happiness enjoyed now by the men, women and children in the Eastern Province, within a short period of only 30 months. President Mahinda Rajapaksa with Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan at the opening of the Arugam Bay Bridge (Right). “An area which was abandoned and badly neglected for decades, has now experienced a ‘renaissance’. We have held an election to enable the Eastern polity to exercise their free franchise and elect their own representatives for their Local Government institutions. Bridges, roads and other infrastructural facilities are being constructed. The civilians could now get on...
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