The construction of a 15.8 km Light Rail Transit (LRT) track between the Colombo Fort area and Malabe has not been cancelled but it’s under review, said State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness., Dr. Nalaka Godahewa.He said that when they studied the report it was found out that the one lane to be funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan was too expensive and hence.
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“Private, foreign participation must for port development” Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Hambantota Port will pose the biggest competition to the Colombo Port and Sri Lanka will have to involve private and foreign terminal operators for Port related development State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness, Dr. Nalaka Godahewa said.
He was speaking at an Advocata hosted panel discussion on: “The Future of Ports Development in Sri Lanka ‘’ at BMICH last Friday.
He said that the earlier Rajapaksa government had two master plans when they planned Hambantota Port, where Colombo was to focus as a trading Port (transshipment and containerized cargo) and Hambantota for export and re-export as an industrial city. “But now Hambantota Port will be doing both these areas and they are planning for containerization in a few years.”
Sri Lanka Signals Exit from MOC with India on Colombo Port Indian High Commission opposes Lankan bid
COLOMBO: Reacting to signals from the Sri Lankan government that it is opting out of the May 2019 trilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between Sri Lanka, India and Japan to build and run the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port, the Indian High Commission said on Monday that it expects all parties to adhere to the MOC.
“ I would like to reiterate the expectation of the Government of India for the expeditious implementation of the trilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed in May 2019 among the Governments of India, Japan and Sri Lanka for the development of ECT with participation from these three countries,” a statement issued by the spokesman of the High Commission said.
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday assured the warring port workers that the Eastern Container Terminal of the Colombo Port would neither be leased nor sold. The PM said so addressing journalists at his Tangalle residence. Responding to a query raised by a journalist during a press conference in Tangalle the Premier said: “The Opposition’s accusations […]