Iconic Nuwara Eliya post office building to remain a post office

09 Oct, 2024

The new Government has decided to scrap moves to convert the iconic Nuwara Eliya post office building and the property around it, into a hotel.

Minister Vijitha Herath said that the Nuwara Eliya Post Office building and its property will be used solely by the postal department.

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe had said that India?s Taj Hotel group had plans to construct a hotel in Nuwara Eliya around the post office but withdrew following protests by the public.

Wickremesinghe had said that if the Taj Hotel had opened in Nuwara Eliya another two hotels would have also opened up in the area.

In April this year Wickremesinghe also noted that the public in Galle want more hotels in the city but the people in Nuwara Eliya are the opposite.

He also said that the Hilton Hotel has struck a deal to construct a hotel at the old Bogambara prison premises in Kandy. (Colombo Gazette)

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