Sri Lankan government has decided to stop its proposed project to build what was to be the island's biggest international cricket stadium following a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
"It has been decided to suspend the proposed new international cricket stadium project in Homagama," Prime Minister's office said in a release after the meeting attended by former cricketers.
It said Rajapaksa had also instructed to direct funds to develop school cricket and local stadiums.
Rajapaksa met with the former senior cricketers following a public outcry against the construction.
There was no immediate reaction from the governing body, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the Prime Minister's decision.
The SLC wanted to build a new stadium nearer to Colombo was needed to host two ICC World Cup events which are scheduled to be held in the years 2023 to 2031.
The SLC had done inspection of a site at Homagama, a Colombo eastern suburb where they wanted to build a 40,000 seat capacity international cricket stadium costing 30-40 million dollars
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