The Trincomalee development master plan has been delayed owing to irregularities of the project planning officers assigned to this task by the Megapolis and Western Development Ministry.
The Ministry has commenced a Project of Preparation of a Master Plan with the objective of improving the agriculture, energy and tourism industries in the Trincomalee District.
A consultancy firm in Singapore had been selected as consultants for this project without following the Government's procurement guidelines.
Accordingly, an agreement had been reached for the preparation of the Master Plan of the Trincomalee District at a cost of US$ 982,000.
In terms of that agreement, the planning report should have been handed over within 09 months.
Nevertheless, the said report had not been handed over even by the end of the year 2017, a progress review report revealed.
Even though an amount of US$ 589,200 equivalent to LKR 90.29 million had been paid in 03 instances by the end of the year under review, the Master Plan of the Trincomalee District had not been prepared and handed over even by the end of June 2018.
The consultancy firm had failed to complete the said project within a period of 09 months as per the agreement and as such, it has been extended by another period of 08 months.
The Singaporean company had failed to provide the said plan within the period given for the preparation of the plan.
Even though the project was scheduled to be completed on 30 November 2017, the project had to be carried out by paying salaries to the staff up to 31 July 2018 due to delays encountered in the preparation of the plan.
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