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Green signal for heritage train hopes

Green signal for heritage train hopes Updated: Updated: Budget proposal for exploring its tourism potential Share Article Budget proposal for exploring its tourism potential The prospects of a heritage train chugging along the Munnar tea gardens has become brighter with a Budget proposal for exploring its tourism potential. Munnar had a monorail known as Kundala Valley Light Railway launched by the British. It was totally destroyed in the devastating floods in 1924 (Great Flood 99). Though efforts were made to restore the facility, it was abandoned as the damage was irreparable. Visitors to the KDHP (Kanan Devan Hills Plantation) Tea Museum in Munnar can see a wheel of the train in addition to pieces of the rail kept on gates of some historical buildings.

Tea as a subject in Peradeniya University curriculum will help recognize its economic potential

by Steve A. Morrell The Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB), in collaboration with the University of Peradeniya, introduced tea and its varied production components into the curriculum of the Agriculture degree of the university. “Academic interest in the tea industry will exemplify its image as one of the leading international beverages world-wide”, says SLTB Chairman, Jayampathi Molligoda. The inclusion of tea as a subject in the university curriculum would also further enhance its importance and help recognize its economic potential, he noted. Addressing participants of the Peradeniya University at the Hantane Tea Museum, Molligoda stressed that the holistic commitment of undergraduates within the discipline of agriculture will auger well for the tea industry and the economy of the country as a whole.

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