The Cabinet terminated the contract of former UNP Minister Daya Gamage’s construction company named ‘Olympus’ over what the government called a deliberate delay in completing the second phase of the Central Expressway. The delay smacked of a bid to sabotage the expressway project, Chief Government Whip Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said yesterday.
“The previous government awarded construction contracts to its cronies. A construction company owned by former Minister Gamage was awarded the contract to construct the second phase of the Central Expressway. The company kept delaying the work in spite of our repeated requests and reminders. We instructed them to expedite the construction of this section. We cannot open the section from Mirigama to Kurunegala without completing the construction of this particular section.”
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මේකෙ කියන්නෙ උගෙ වැඩේ වුනේ නැති නිසා පහුවුනා කියලා, අදාල පුද්ගලයො කියන ඒ්වා මම දන්නෙ, නැතුව ඔ්ක දයා ගමගේ හදනවද නැද්ද කියලා එතනට ගිහින් බලන් හිටියෙ නෑ,
මොනවා වුනත් කරන්න බැරි ලබ්බවල් බාර අරගත්ත නිසා තමයි වැඩේ මග හිටියෙ
