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දක්ෂිණ අධිවේගී මාර්ගය මාතර හම්බන්තොට දිගුව ජනතා අයිතියට .

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Southern Expressway / දක්ෂිණ අධිවේගී මාර්ගය / sg with travels roads ✔️

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Sri Lanka Southern Express-Way Walkthrough (දක්ෂිණ අධිවේගී මාර්ගය)

Sri Lanka Southern Express-Way Walkthrough (දක්ෂිණ අධිවේගී මාර්ගය)
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Mattala Expressway Exit

A sleepy fishing hub since ancient times, the Sri Lankan town of Hambantota is located just a few nautical miles from where tens of thousands of container ships now pass annually, plying the Indian Ocean between Asia and the Middle East. It's one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world — one that Beijing is eager to control.

So when the Sri Lankan government decided in 2002 to build a new port in Hambantota, China offered $1.1 billion in loans. It also supplied Chinese contractors. And when the port opened in late 2010 and immediately began losing money — so much that Sri Lanka couldn't even make interest payments on those loans — China offered a solution: foreclosure.

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Southern Expressway | Part 03 | Sri Lanka | TimeLapse by LAD

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