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Yahapalana contractor removed from stretch of Central Expressway over ‘no progress’
A contracting company connected to a yahapalana government minister for the construction of the stretch of the Central Expressway from Mirigama to Potuhera had been removed on the orders of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said on Saturday.
The Highways Ministry said, in a media statement, that another company had been contracted to complete the project, delayed for months.
The stretch of the Central Expressway from Mirigama to Potuhera would be completed by March 31 next year, the minister said.
Inspecting the progress of the construction on Saturday, the Minister said: “The previous government awarded the tender to a company connected to a minister in that administration.”
He said that the previous contractor had not expedited the completion of the project despite being paid an additional sum as requested. “We terminated the contract as there was no progress and handed it over to another contractor.”
Minister Fernando, expressing his displeasure at the slow progress of the segment and the failure to meet its targets, said that ministry officials had stated it amounted to sabotage by the company connected to the yahapalana minister.
Minister Fernando ordered that the work on the Expressway be expedited immediately, and said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had ordered that no payment be made for the projects that were not being carried out properly.
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Cabinet approves debt restructuring between Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Private Limited and the Government of Sri Lanka
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the President in his capacity as Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic
Development, to enter into an agreement on debt restructuring with the Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Private Limited.
HThe Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development to conduct the
national productivity award competition under the main sectors: school, public, production, and services from the year 2025/26 as a strategic methodology to achieve the objectives of the national project “Clean Sri Lanka” of the present government.
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation to submit the draft bill of the National Transport Commission Act No. 37 of 1991 to the Parliament after publishing it in the government gazette.
Cabinet approves debt restructuring between Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Private Limited and the Government of Sri Lanka
Cabinet approval to conduct the National Productivity Award Competition
Amendments to National Transport Commission Act No. 37 of 1991 to be gazetted
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