The Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri
Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri asked the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation to provide details on locomotives imported since 2015, including numbers, expenditure, engine numbers, and countries of manufacture. He also requested information on how many of these locomotives are operational or not, reasons for any non-deployment, and measures to address allegations of major fraud in the importation process.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) number of locomotives imported to Sri Lanka from 2015 to date; (ii) amount of money spent thereon; and (iii) engine number and country of manufacture of each such locomotive, separately?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House the— (i) number of locomotives deployed in operation and those not deployed, separately; (ii) reasons for not deploying such locomotives; and (iii) measures to be adopted regarding allegations of a massive fraud in the importation?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 December 2024. No. 1735286612086554. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12043