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• Hope to complete the Kurunegala-Mirigama stretch and open by March 2021 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the cancellation of contract involved in the development of second phase of Central Highway given under the previous regime, Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando said yesterday. “Ministers in the Yahapalana government awarded road construction contract in the second phase of the Central High way to their close associates. We did not subject these companies to political victimization. We had a dialogue with these companies and request them to expedite the work. However they did not heed to our request. We cannot allow wastage of public funds. Therefore we decided to cancel this contract,” the Minister said. ....