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The first motor omnibus in Sri Lanka was imported in 1907 and bus transport began in Sri Lanka as an owner-operated service. There was no regulation, so when more than one bus operated on a single route, there was a scramble for the load. By the mid-1930s, malpractices in pursuit of maximum profit began to compromise safety and comfort.
The project, headed by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and built by the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company, was expected to be completed by 11 April 2012. It consists of four new 1,200-metre-long (3,900 ft) terminals which can accommodate three berths each, alongside a depth of 18 m (59 ft) (which can be deepened to 23 m [75 ft]).
But before year 1815, it is said that Gampaha was a dense forest. The 5th Governor of Ceylon, Sir Edward Barnes made a visit to Gampaha in 1825, on the way to observe the construction work of the Negombo-Colombo main road. When British built the “Moragoda” catholic church in 1828, Gampaha and surrounding areas slowly became inhabited.
UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Yagoda ( Sinhala : යාගොඩ ) is a small town situated approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) from Gampaha and 21 km (13 mi) to the north-east of Colombo . It falls within the Gampaha Electorate.
Gampaha District is located in the west of Sri Lanka and has an area of 1,387 square kilometres (536 sq mi). [1] It is bounded by Kurunegala and Puttalam districts from north, Kegalle District from east, Colombo District from south and by the Indian Ocean from west. [4]
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Ragama is accessible from the A3 highway (Colombo-Negombo road) and is about 5 km (3.1 mi) from Mahabage junction. Sri Lanka's second motorway flyover was built in 1996 over the main railway line right at the town centre, at a cost of Rs 200 million.