Sri Lankan government has approved the construction of a breakwater for a Chinese funded Colombo port city project which had been suspended by the government earlier this month. The decision was taken, following a request made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, when the cabinet convened for its weekly meeting Wednesday evening, informs Cabinet Spokesperson and Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne. Colombo port city is Sri Lanka’s biggest foreign-financed $1.4 billion project is to reclaim land from the sea and build fancy houses on it. The 3.25 km long breakwater, an offshore barrier which protects the city from the full impact of waves. The state-owned China Communications Construction Company won the contract from the ports ministry, run by the then president, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
