Plans to develop Mannar as an Energy Hub: New express train service between Colombo and Talaimannar

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By: Isuru Parakrama

Colombo (LNW): An inter-city express train service will be initiated from Talaimannar to Colombo from September 15, 2023, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.

The remarks come in during Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s attendance to the Holy Mass of the Annual Feast of the Shrine of Our Lady Madhu this (15) morning.

Steps will also be taken to establish a sugar factory in Vavuniya, and Mannar will be developed as an energy hub, the President remarked.

The Holy Mass of the Annual Feast of the Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu was presided over by Rev. Dr. Brian Udaigwe, the Apostolic Nuncio of Sri Lanka.

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