Ordinary people are dead against it.
Somehow or other it should be stopped''. This is what Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike told Mr. S.D. Bandaranayake on 3.10.57. Heir to an uninterrupted patriotic struggle and with a renowned political career behind him the now aged, S.D. Bandaranayake recollected the historic event to Silumina with ebullient joy. Sri 1961 I decided that the Imbulgoda junction was the most suitable venue for the proposed operation. The Imbulgoda junction flanked by two hillocks appeared to be the most suitable for the anticipated operation from a strategic point of view.