The income generated from the post office buildings offered to the hotel sector would be transferred to the loss-making Postal Department, an official said.

UDA Director General Prasad Ranaweera said that the Diyathalawa and Galle post offices built according to Dutch architect design would be leased out for hotel projects under the proposed plan.

The UDA has already obtained the Nuwara Eliya post office building from the Post Master General, and the complex would be renovated, allowing the postal services to operate, while the rest of the area, including one-acre land, would be offered for the hotel project