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Pahala Kadugannawa – Speaks volumes of colonial era-by L.B Senaratne Source:Daily Mirror Capt.William Francis Dawson and Lt. Gen. Fredrick Skinner as the Survey General was instrumental in constructing the 7km road from Hingula to Kadugannawa – the present Pahala Kadugannawa which is now indefinitely closed for motor traffic. In fact, Lt. Gen. Skinner had surveyed the entire Kandy District for roads and Highways on the orders of Sir Edward Barnes, who is claimed as the road-builder. Sir Edward Barnes did much of the roads in the country with Surveyor General Skinner. Lt. General Skinner came to the country to join the Army with a commission. His first task was to take troops to Kandy from Trincomalee soon after the 1818 rebellion and then he stayed for fifty years in the country only to return back to his family though he was requested to stay for another period of service. ...