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Message: <blockquote data-quote="qwee123" data-source="post: 25598124" data-attributes="member: 361377">උඹත් එක්ක වාද කරන්න ඕනේ නෑ මචන් මෙන්න මේක මත්තලට ප්ලානේ එන්නේ නැති හේතු ගොඩක් තියෙනවා"MRIA has been called a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant" target="_blank">white elephant</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" target="_blank">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a>'s presidency. It was part of Rajapaksa's plan to transform <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambantota_District" target="_blank">Hambantota District</a> into a commercial hub; other projects included a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa_International_Cricket_Stadium" target="_blank">cricket stadium</a> and an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magampura_Mahinda_Rajapaksa_Port" target="_blank">international port</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-aljazeera-39" target="_blank">[39]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-40" target="_blank">[40]</a> However, the plan was considered a pet project of Rajapaksa, as Hambantota District is his home district but is also poor and largely rural.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-hardy-9" target="_blank">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-aljazeera-39" target="_blank">[39]</a>As a result, there has been low demand for flights from Mattala, and the airport has accrued significant losses.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-41" target="_blank">[41]</a> Though MRIA is located close to many tourist attractions such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yala_National_Park" target="_blank">Yala National Park</a>, it lacks adequate transport links, accommodations, facilities, etc.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-onpaper-12" target="_blank">[12]</a> As the airport is located in a rush and dry zone of the country, the area became suffering for foreigners that caused a very less passenger traffic in the airport.In 2004 a report produced by the International Air Transport Association claimed that money would be better invested in a second runway at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandaranaike_International_Airport" target="_blank">BIA</a> than a new airport. Aviation experts have claimed that the runway orientation of the airport makes the aircraft face dangerous crosswinds. And only one taxiway has been built and that makes very hard time for taking off and landings as the pilots have to turn their airplane for 180 degrees, plus the air traffic handling capacity has become very poor. Sri Lankan pilots were also not consulted when the airport was planned.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-42" target="_blank">[42]</a>In addition, environmentalists have criticised MRIA's being built in an elephant and migratory bird habitat. During the planning stages of the project, environmentalists had warned of the threat to wildlife, but construction went ahead.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-43" target="_blank">[43]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-44" target="_blank">[44]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-45" target="_blank">[45]</a> 2,000 acres of forest were cleared to build the airport, displacing about 200 elephants. Migratory birds, which frequent the area, have been involved in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#Accidents_and_incidents" target="_blank">collisions</a> with aircraft approaching or departing from MRIA.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport#cite_note-midair-46" target="_blank">[46]</a>"අපි මොකටද බන් මුන් හින්ද මරා ගන්නේ</blockquote>

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