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Light Railway System for Jaffna Peninsula   Dr.Gnana Sankaralingam   This proposal is for construction of light railway system for Jaffna peninsula, which when is fully operational, will boost local economy and pave the way for other infrastructure schemes. Jaffna peninsula is the second most densely populated region in Sri Lanka next to Colombo district. It also has within its limited territory airport, harbour, university with almost every faculty, teaching hospitals, government institutions and industrial zones similar to Colombo district. Thus a light railway system to cover important parts of the peninsula is a prudent and pragmatic proposal, which will make travelling easy for people living there. Jaffna peninsula is also a built up area, less compact than Colombo district, which could pose problem due to opposition by people when their property is encroached by the tracing of the routes. Due to concentration of middle class families in the peninsula, ...