Roads ona thama. But Priority is not the road. Priority should be given to industries.
Dude, Yes To develop a country, it needs more GDP. To increase the GDP, it requires development of many other areas. Industries is only one factor of many.
So, as you mentioned, if we look at only the industrial segment, if you are an investor and willing to invest in a country or an area what are the basics which you would look at ? feasibility factors ? Some of the main areas are mentioned below.
1. Infrastructure ( easy access to Ports / Air Ports Etc)
2. Utility Availability ( electricity, Water, Communication)
3. Resource Availability ( getting RM, to factories fast )
4. Man Power availability ( Finding workers to do the work)
So, if you look at current FTZ katunayake, You can see all the above items are available in close vicinity. therefore the investors tend to come and do invest in that area. But, the question is,whether it is enough to develop only Katunayake ? not , it is not.
Reason is at sometime the place get saturated. even now, the FTZ is saturated and only a limited number of space available for new investors (correct me if I am wrong)
It is true, there are more FTZ in Sri lanka, (eg. Koggla, Biyagama etc.)
But, when it comes to transportation of RM and Finish goods to the final destination / export (sea / air) the wastage of time due to road traffic ? just imagine, from biyagama to colombo port - more than 2-3 hrs for a container. Same with Koggala FTZ. ( high transportation cost - less ROI)
If roads are smoothed, and low traffic low transportation cost - improved ROI
And also, the multinationals would like to have factories distributed among different locations in country, to mitigate the RISK factor .(if you need more info on this, let me know, i'll explain)
So,for an industry to get a better ROI, they should be able to get best efficient methods of manufacturing, delivery (transportation) etc. which creates the requirement of having a better interconnected road / highway system through out the country.
This is only a part of the requirements to get more attention from the investors, and to improve the productivity of existing parties.
But, it is not enough. Other infrastructure also needs to be developed along with the public / private sector services. new policies / amendments to the existing policies needs to be introduced to make the investor more interested in investing here. Tax concessions, special bank facilities, speedy approvals etc. These areas needs to be looked at as a national policy basis.
Since your topic was about the roads, i 'll stop by here.
Lot of things can tabled for discussion, but lazy to type.
Cheers ..!!
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