Colombo Port City Project Suspend - 1












A definite conclusion on the dubious Colombo Port City venture started amid the past administration with a USD 1.6billion Chinese speculation would be taken in the wake of considering the report to be exhibited by the specialists' panel delegated to reconsider this undertaking profoundly and the particulars uncovered through this study, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe while putting forth an extraordinary expression in Parliament yesterday (18 February).

Ajith de Costa is the administrator of this present specialists' advisory group delegated by the legislature to analyze this undertaking while alternate individuals from the council are Prof. Ruchira Kumaratunga, Dr. N.P. Wijayananda, Dr. Anil Premaratne, Prof. Samantha Hettiarachchi, Channa Fernando, A.S. Obeysekera and Sunila Jayawardane.

A Cabinet sub-council has been delegated under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to study the report to be presented by this present specialists' panel.

The Prime Minister included that this board of trustees would attempt a profound study into this Port Cuty extend and would likewise inspect the grumblings sent by the individuals.



The issues over this task got to be more sketchy following the previous government had not been straightforward on the subtle elements of this venture said Ranil Wickremesinghe.

While it is still not clear if the new government is likewise to allow out and out responsibility for a piece of the recovered area to the Chinese partners of this venture like the prior government had consented to, certain media reports recommend that separated from the Chinese organization the officeholder government is considering the association of India additionally in this Port City venture.

The new government's Cabinet as of late sanction the continuation of this undertaking to recover land from the ocean close to the Galle Face Green and build a Port City.

While uncovering this choice, Cabinet representative and Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said this choice had been taken in the wake of concentrating on the ecological appraisal reports done by the previous government.

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