Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- The National Physical Planning Department (NPPD) said that no plans under the Anuradhapura Sacred City Development Project will obstruct devotees arriving to worship and dismissed criticism of the related gazette notification as entirely baseless.
NPPD Director General Ruchira Vithana said the department has not proposed anything that would obstruct worshippers visiting the sacred sites. He added that no plans have been put forward for the construction of shrines.
Vithana said the department has been involved in development programmes for Anuradhapura's sacred sites since the 1940s, and that the gazette notification issued in February this year is an extension of that work.
He said the gazette makes no mention of co...