A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Arjun, Kirella roles in central expressway
Higher
education and highways minister Lakshman Kiriella submitted a cabinet
paper last week to procure a contractor for the third phase construction
of the Potuhera-Galagedara (32.5 km) stretch of the central expressway.
However, there were no proper project report or environment impact
assessment, and two fake reports had had hurriedly been arranged.
The acquisition of land for this stretch and compensation of payment
have also come into question, according to area residents. The broker to
find a contractor was former Central Bank governor Arjun Mahendran. The
Japanese embassy has named M/S Taisei Corporation, M/S Penta Ocean
Construction Ltd and M/S Wakachiku Construction Ltd. to take part in the
bidding process by the UDA. Awarding of the Japan government funded
project has been delayed due to continuous delays in the bidding
process.
In this situation, the Japanese government has introduced M/S Fujita
Corporation as the fourth bidder, purportedly to raise competitiveness.
The cabinet paper says the pursuant competitiveness resulted in a
reduction of the bids to Rs. 20 billion. A committee appointed by the
cabinet evaluated the bids and recommended Taisei Corporation, but the
Japanese government wanted Fujita too, included. Therefore, the
ministerial committee on economic management decided to implement the
project through a consortium.
Kiriella has submitted the cabinet paper dated 29 June 2017 to obtain
proposals from the two companies and to seek approval for the awarding
of the contract for the project.
Daya Nettasinghe