The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna - Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
The Minister provided details of Asian Development Bank loan financing used by the Colombo Municipal Council for sewerage improvements in Colombo, listing utilized amounts under the Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project and the Greater Colombo Water and Wastewater Management Improvement Investment Program. He stated that no portion of the ADB funds had been placed in deposit accounts without being utilized, making the related follow-up questions inapplicable.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 The answer is as follows:
¶ 02 (a) (i) For the improvement of the sewerage system of the City of Colombo, the Asian Development Bank provided loan financing to the Colombo Municipal Council as follows. The amounts utilized to date are indicated, with Sri Lanka Rupee values shown; since expenditure occurred over multiple years with exchange rate changes, the approximate USD equivalents are also indicated for totals:
¶ 03 - Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project: • OCR Loan: USD 80.00 million; utilized LKR 12,252,570,646.95 (approx. USD 74.98 million) • ADF Loan: USD 14.37 million; utilized LKR 1,394,407,698.88 (approx. USD 10.21 million)
¶ 04 - Greater Colombo Water and Wastewater Management Improvement Investment Program: • ADF Tranche(s): utilized LKR 1,757,929,866.70 (approx. USD 7.92 million) • Additional ADF utilization: LKR 5,156,796,516.69 (approx. USD 26.53 million)
¶ 05 (Notes: Expenditure values are presented in Sri Lanka Rupees; aggregate USD amounts are indicative.)
¶ 06 (ii) No. The Colombo Municipal Council has not placed any portion of the funds provided by the Asian Development Bank in any deposit account without utilization.
¶ 07 (iii) Not applicable.
¶ 08 (iv) Not applicable.
¶ 09 (b) Not applicable.
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