The Exporters of Sri Lanka have requested the accession to the Madrid Protocol to secure their trademarks, and the government has already made a budgetary provision of Rs. 100 million for the project implementation.
A high level delegation from the Japanese Government concluded a visit to Sri Lanka yesterday.The visit follows Cabinet approval for Light Rail Transit (LRT) system proposed in the Megalopolis plan, and a formal request from Sri Lanka to Japan for concessional financing for the project.“We can now put the debate on monorail vs LRT behind us, and move forward aggressively to get this project implemented.”