Fisheries State Minister Dilip Vedarachchi said nothing has been done to develop Tangalle town although former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is from Tangalle. The State Minister said so addressing a meeting at the Tangalle Divisional Secretariat. The State Minister said the Tanglle town was given step-motherly treatment by the former president.
He said not a single new State building has come up in Tangalle. The buildings in Tangalle town are set up in 1965.