Measures to set up a museum in Seethawaka

Sri Lanka, March 6 -- The government has taken measures to set up a museum in Seethawaka.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the combined proposal forwarded by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena as Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister, the Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Minister and the Transport and Highways Minister to set up a museum in the currently underutilised Sri Lanka Railways Departmental Quarters adjacent to the Seethawaka Post Office.

Speaking to the media yesterday at the Government Information Department Cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Dr.Bandula Gunawardhana said that the Kingdom of Seethawaka is known to have been established in 1521 but up to date the id...