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The reconstructed main runway of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) was declared open at 12.37 p.m today.
Newly purchased aircraft UL-1162 which arrived from Trivandrum, India was the first to land on the renovated runway, which has the capacity to accommodate large aircrafts such as the A-380.
Civil Aviation and Transport Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva and Deputy Minister Ashok Abeysinghe were present at the opening ceremony.
The airport’s main runway was closed for renovations on January 6 and was open for business each night for eight hours (from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.).
The US$ 50 million project, widened the runway from 65 meters to 75 meters and fitted in a LED lighting system enabling the airport to operate even under severe weather conditions, the Ministry said. (T.K.G.Kapila)
DHA Thursday, 06 April 2017 02:02 PM
Good Job.....now this is the type of development we ought to see....Always maintain work first talk later policy.....
Bayya Thursday, 06 April 2017 02:54 PM
Great news. Waiting to hear about the corruption in this project may be on a later date...lol..
Dev Thursday, 06 April 2017 04:06 PM
Come on good governance !!! Cheers
poker Thursday, 06 April 2017 04:47 PM
good job, keeping doing that will benefit the country and people. Bear in mind people there to comment and pass remarks.
ceylon Thursday, 06 April 2017 04:51 PM
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nick Thursday, 06 April 2017 05:07 PM
Bayya if we keep talk about corruption they will be no development ever so for the sake of development lets encourage more development of coz there would have been some commission thats a nature of project not only on Sri Lanka it happen all over the world so lets move forward via DM Android App
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