A few years ago, it was a landmass, located near the border of Polonnaruwa district in Batticaloa only and left for herds of cattle to graze. If not for such livestock in their hundreds and thousands sniffing the ground fodder in this parched terrain, the land did not serve any productive purpose. In stark contrast with the past , the land, located on the Battiocaloa-Polonnaruwa Road in the area called ‘Poonanai’, is abuzz with construction activities today as one of Sri Lanka’s largest non-State universities is emerging on it with pomp and grandeur.
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