පිටකොටුවේ නටඹුන් වන මහින්ද යුගයේ රථගාල | Pettah Multi-Storey Car Park

Do you know what the abandoned massive concrete structure on Lotus Road, Pettah really is? This video reveals the untold story behind the Pettah Multi-Storey Car Park & Transport Complex, a mega urban development project launched to solve Colombo’s traffic congestion and parking crisis. Planned as a 10-storey vertical car park with capacity for 252 vehicles, commercial spaces, police facilities, and advanced semi-automated parking technology, this Rs. 1.1 billion project was expected to revolutionize Colombo city traffic. Construction began in 2020 under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Today, the project remains unfinished, standing as a symbol of failed urban planning, economic collapse, and stalled development in Sri Lanka. 📌 In this video, we explore: The original purpose of the Pettah multi-storey car park Why the project was abandoned How it could have reduced traffic congestion in Colombo The impact of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis on mega projects 👉 Watch till the end to understand what went wrong and what Colombo lost.