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Highway curbs lifted in Colombo

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government has lifted all restrictions imposed on civilian travel on the A9 Highway, the only road linking Jaffna peninsula in the north to the rest of the island nation.

“Any citizen can now travel on the A9 Road using either private transport or public transport with no restrictions whatsoever,” said Basil Rajapaksa, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force for Northern Development.

Mr. Basil Rajapaksa said civilians could travel to and from Vavuniya and Jaffna between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. The government has been gradually relaxing restrictions on use of A 9 Highway since the ouster of the LTTE from Elephant Pass in the last week of January.

Separately, the Defence Ministry said construction work was in progress on the rail track running from Vavuniya to Jaffna, another north-south link.

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