Hambantota Air Port

I see that the President Mahinda was in Hambantota recently to lay the foundation stone and cut the ceremonial pillar of soil to kick start the Hambantota Port.i was passing by Hambantota few days prior to the event and witness half of the Sri Lanka Army there. i guess when your the president and and when your' under threat from the LTTE you have to have some decent security.

 

Back the subject at hand , Hambantota Air Port is a massive project (or claims to be ) undertaken by the Rajapaksha administration and this is is in fact going to be the second international air port in Sri Lanka.

 

Apart from utilising  a USD $175 Million loan from Saudi Arabia the Government wants to tap into locally generated funds. this is mainly going to be funds from the development lottery and National Lotteries Board. this appears to be fine , if the Government can unitised that funds its good, but i amazes me, to see the fact that this funds are coming from revenue earned by the Lotteries Board. one might ask the question now, who buys lotteries ? its the poor people of this country.

 

Although we talk about banning gambling, illicit liquor and casinos, the jackpots this Lotteries are on the top of the vice list.but then, Governments gets to earn the big bucks from the Lotteries so , who is there to complain!

 

Back again to the point of discussion, if the poor are buying lotteries then its safe to assume its the poor folk of this county are funding the Weeravila International Air Port in Hambantota.

 

So , in reality for whom is this Air Port for ? the poor? no, an international air port if for the rich and now the paradox.

 

Poor people> buy Lotteries> lotteries Board earns> Government taps in the Lotteries board earnings>make Air Port> rich people use it

 

That means the poor of this country is funding a air port for the rich people of this country.

 

get it?