The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka
Anura Karunathilaka asked the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing for details on expenditure for media coverage of the opening ceremony of 42 shops at Bastion Mawatha, Pettah. He sought confirmation of an alleged Rs. 17.64 million advance payment to TRIAD Company out of a total Rs. 19.30 million cost, whether procurement procedures were followed, who authorized the payment, why such expenditure was necessary, and why a government 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 an advance payment of Rs. 17,639,938.86 had been made to TRIAD Company, out of the total expenditure of Rs. 19,301,403.61 for the media coverage of the opening ceremony of 42 shops at Bastion Mawatha, Pettah; (ii) whether the procurement process had been followed in that regard; (iii) the person who has the authority to approve the aforesaid advance payment; (iv) the purpose of spending such a large amount of money for the media coverage, as aforementioned; (v) the reason for not providing the aforesaid media coverage through a government media institution, if any media coverage was provided for the aforesaid ceremony?
¶ 03 (b) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 March 2025. No. 1742268353096939. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18347