An Indian company has emerged with a bold plan for taking over Sri Lanka's struggling Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA). As we previously covered:For many years, there was a very strong demand for Sri Lanka to add additional international aviation capacity. This airport started out as a key part of an ambitious plan by Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa to transform his extremely rural hometown region into Sri Lanka’s number two metropolis. To these ends, Sri Lanka has been looking for other entities to take over Mattala International since last June. Ultimately, China controlling the Hambantota deep sea port and India running the Mattala airport is an ideal Belt and Road arrangement.

Source: Forbes August 14, 2017 23:48 UTC