The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. Padmasiri Bandara)
Asked the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing to clarify expenditure on media coverage for the opening ceremony of 42 shops at Bastion Mawatha, Pettah. The question sought confirmation of whether Rs. 17,639,938.86 was paid as an advance to TRIADE out of a total cost of Rs. 19,301,403.61, whether procurement procedures were followed, who approved the payment, why such expenditure was incurred, and why a State media institution was not used.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) whether Rs. 17,639,938.86 was paid as an advance out of the total cost of Rs. 19,301,403.61 to TRIADE (T.R.I.A.D.) for media coverage of the opening ceremony of 42 shops at Bastion Mawatha, Pettah; (ii) whether procurement procedures were followed; (iii) who had the authority to approve payment of the said advance; (iv) the purpose of incurring such a large expenditure for media coverage; and (v) if media coverage was done, why it was not done through a State media institution?
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