Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to the proposal to commence the production of the Virtual City Project by Sri Lanka Telecom, using the funds allocated for the "Clean Sri Lanka" project.

The city of Kandy, which includes the historical Temple of the Tooth Relic, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been identified to be developed as the Virtual City in Kandy, serving as a pilot project for the creation of a Virtual City.

It has been planned to create 58 places identified on a priority basis as tourist attractions and places with tourism potential, centered primarily in Kandy town, as stage one of the pilot project.

As a second stage of the project, it has been planned to create technologically the premise...