Showing keen interest in partnering with Andhra Pradesh government in building the capital city of Amaravati, the Sri Lankan government has suggested to chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to replicate some of the development plans initiated in the Western province of that country to attract tourists from across the world, the Times of India reported.
Sri Lanka, which chiefly depends on revenue earned from tourism, has taken up massive development of its Western province. The province accounts for just 6% of the nation’s area but it houses over 26% of the total population due to focussed development, said Sri Lankan minister for Megapolis and Western province development Patali Champika Ranawaka at an interaction with the state government delegation headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday. The CM and his team studied the development plans initiated by the Western province of Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Naidu was in Sri Lanka to deliver the keynote address on poverty elimination at the grand celebrations organised to mark the birthday of Sri Lanka President Maitripala Sirisena.
-ToI
-Agencies
