Another township development project improperly planned by the Urban Development Ministry when Gotabaya Rajapaksa was holding the post of secretary was being completed in a sluggish manner.
The Kottawa, Kaduwela and Kadawatha Township Development Component (3K) had been commenced as a sub component of the Greater Colombo Urban Transport Development Project.
According to the Loan Agreement, the Project should have been completed 31 May 2015.
However, functions which were planned to be carried out under the Project had not been properly performed within the due period, government audit inspection revealed.
As such, this Project is being implemented at present on Treasury provisions without obtaining loans.
Accordingly, expenditure necessary for the staff and administrative purposes had to be incurred from the Consolidated Fund at present due to non-completion of the Project within the due period.
Therefore, a sum of Rs.43.4 million had to be spent therefore from the Consolidated Fund by the end of the 2017/2018 year under review.
Even though salaries for the staff of the Project had been computed erroneously and a sum of Rs.1.91 million had been over paid, the sum so overpaid should have been recoverable.
Moreover, the Project was being completed in a sluggish manner.
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