Sri Lanka government to build an administrative complex in the South

Sun, Aug 30, 2009, 11:30 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan government is planning to construct an administrative complex for government institutions in the South. 

The complex, expected to be completed by November will house a large number of government organizations that will come under the Hambantota harbor, government media unit said.

The complex, built at a cost of 2.9 billion rupees on a 72-acre land in Siribopura, Gonnoruwa in Hambantota will also house the offices that ate to be demolished for the construction of the port.
Media Minister Laksman Yapa Abeywardena said the complex will be convenient to the people as they can get all their needs met at one location. The government plans to provide transport and other facilities for the people who come to this complex. Accordingly, 42 Government institutions will be housed in this administrative complex including banks, post offices, Local Government institutions, libraries, electricity depots, telecommunication offices and others.