The Sinhala establishment has been long planning to link its Colombo and Gampha regions with Trincomalee through an Economic Corridor linking Kurunegala, Matale, Anuradhapura, Dambulla, and Harbarana. A blue-print to this effect was ‘developed’ by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2017 and the project was named ‘Colombo Trincomalee Economic Corridor’ - CTEC. The UNP regime has also added Mannaar as a component following India's intervention. As a result, the unitary state of genocidal Sri Lanka is extending its Sinhalicisation agenda also to Mannaar. [Image Courtesy: Presentation by ADB's Director General for South Asia Region Hun Kim in 2017]