The road running from Medawachchiya via Mannar, Madhu and Vavuniya is reopened after 10 years..
This is also the shortest route to the Madhu Church from the South. The highway was shut down for the past 10 years paralysing links with the South due to LTTE terrorism. The road was reopened under the guidance of head of the Uthuru Wasanthaya Task Force and Senior Presidential Advisor and Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa. The work was carried out at the behest of the President. Reconstruction is already in progress. The allocation made for the first stage is two million rupees. Chief Sanghanayaka of the North and East the Ven. Tantirimale Chandaratana thera, Minister S.M. Chandrasena and Deputy Minister W.B. Ekanayake inspected the reconstruction work.

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