Nuwara Eliya post office not for sale: Govt

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By Ajith Siriwardana

The government has decided to suspend the decision taken by the previous government to provide the colonial-era Nuwara Eliya post office for a hotel project, Minister Vijitha Herath said.

Speaking at an event to mark the World Post Day, he said the building and its land area will be allocated only to the Postal Department.

“The previous government took decisions to forcibly take over the Nuwara Eliya post office premises. We will say with responsibility that it is not the policy of the new President and the government. We will allocate the iconic building and its premises only to the Postal Department’s activities. It will not be given to anyone. We will suspend all decision taken so far with regard to the proposed project,” he said.

The previous government proposed to provide the Nuwara Eliya post office to a private firm to convert it to a hotel, which encountered strong opposition from postal trade unions.

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SP Thursday, 10 October 2024 01:22 PM

We were looking for a progressive looking government and a system change. Instead what we have got is a government celebrating an archaic concept of postal letters, issuing memorabilia stamps and honouring a ‘world postal day’. How many of us are using our postal service with letters and stamps now, in this era of email, smart phone and WhatsApp? Is this the priority for a bankrupt economy like ours? Is this the way to modernise Sri Lanka? NPP is now under the grip of ancient JVP and their postal unions. It didn’t take a long for them to show their true colours. Didn’t it?

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