Someone In The Regime Made Rs.1Billion Per Km Off Katunayake Expressway: Mangala
November 7, 2013
The Government has paid Rs. 1.8 billion per kilometre for the recently opened Katunayake expressway, UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera charged today, saying the price was double that of a highway constructed with Chinese aid in Kenya.
Mangala Samaraweera
Samaraweera told a press briefing today that China had built a highway in Kenya at Rs. 972 million per kilometre for a 50 km highway.
“The 26km Katunayake expressway has cost double that per kilometre. Some individual in the regime has made Rs. 1 billion off each kilometre,” Samaraweera said.
He said that at the astronomical cost the Katunayake expressway was the most expensive highway constructed in the world.
Nurses and Paramedics to strike
By Zahrah Imtiaz-Thursday, 07 Nov 2013
The members of the Joint Council of Nursing, Professions Supplementary to Medicine (PSM) and Paramedics of the Government Health Services sector are due to carry out a strike on the 27th and 28th of November, Convenor of the Health Services Trade Unions Alliance Saman Rathnapriya said during a media briefing in Colombo today.
He went on to say that the strike will be carried out to demand for the incentives that are provided for the Government Doctors, to be provided to the members of the Joint Council of Nursing, Professions Supplementary to Medicine (PSM) and Paramedics as well.
Saman Rathnapriya added that around 40,000 members of the Council will participate at the strike. (Ceylon Today Online)
