What happens if metro trains arrives in Sri Lanka ?
Traffic congestion is one of the problems facing our country. Such problems are more common in urban areas. When travelers can not get to work quickly and efficiently, the whole city becomes congested. There are various strategies to make urban transport effective. Unfortunately, it is always harder to control traffic congestion than it is to talk about urban transport in Sri Lanka. However, in recent times a light rail service has been introduced to improve this urban transport. But it ended right where it started. Why was the Colombo Metro Rail project stopped? The construction cost of the Colombo Metro Rail is about US $ 2200 million. This is a huge amount. The Beliatta-Matara railway line, which includes 18 crossroads, 12 bridges, 49 tunnels and 6 railway stations, is estimated to cost only US $ 278.2 million. It is estimated that the construction of 605 km of expressway around Sri Lanka has cost only US $ 4350 million. Acc...