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Refuting claims that nuts and bolts worth millions of rupees had been removed and stolen from the New Kelani Bridge, Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardane said these nuts and bolts cannot be removed so easily as special tools are needed to do so.
The Minister told Parliament that no nuts and bolts had been removed from the bridge and that only the relevant engineering companies were in possession of the special tools required to remove them.
Responding to a question by MP Dayasiri Jayasekara, he said only some GI pipes PVC pipes of the drainage system, some parts of the air conditioning system of the communication room connected to the bridge and colour bulbs fixed along the bridge have been stolen.
The Minister said the total value of the stolen items from the bridge was Rs. 5.9 million.
He said Rs. 294.4 million worth of items such as brass wire, GI pipes and lamp posts of the Colombo Katunayake Expressway had been stolen.
He said brass wires of the electric cable system of the Katunayake Expressway had been stolen during the power crisis and Covid-19 lockdown period between September, 2021 and July 2023.(Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)
Ram Wednesday, 19 July 2023 02:51 PM
Bring in laws to punish those who buy scrap metal without any cross checking as to how the seller came into possession of them. This will discourage them from buying
Anthony Wednesday, 19 July 2023 03:12 PM
when there is no law and order in the Country specially when it comes to corruption, robbing the country where certain politicians we will have to face things like this till serious action is taken where rogues are concerned.
dickie bird Wednesday, 19 July 2023 06:15 PM
Bandula should protect his nut and bolts.
Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 19 July 2023 05:52 PM
Looks like the Minister is one of the shareholders of scrap companies. That is why he is downplaying the allegations.
Kaka catcher Thursday, 20 July 2023 12:14 AM
Can the same people who stole the said items, please steal 226 Kakas, currently roosting in the Parliment and defeacating over Lanka.
Amaran Thursday, 20 July 2023 01:08 AM
Please verify on the accuracy ... "Covid-19 lockdown period between September, 2021 and July 2023" Did Sri Lanka had COVID lockdown till July 2023????
Mahila Thursday, 20 July 2023 05:53 AM
“Minister told Parliament that NO NUTS AND BOLTS HAD BEEN REMOVED from the bridge and that only the relevant engineering companies were in possession of the SPECIAL TOOLS” May be true in respect of KELANI and EXPRESSWAY bridges!!??? Nevertheless, reliably understand the 225 BOLTS and NUTS fitted elsewhere, though are ‘IN PLACE’ alongwith, their complementary BOLTS, in “Biological Sense” their FUNCTIONALITY as DESIGNED 08/2020, has been INVALIDATED or SUSPECT!!!??? Therefore NEEDS IMMEADIATE REPLACEMENT of the 225 “Overall Functional Units”, (OFN)!!?? REQUIRE NEW “OFN 2023”, RESTORE FUNCTIOANALITY – IMMINENT!?
Mahila Thursday, 20 July 2023 05:53 AM
“Minister told Parliament that NO NUTS AND BOLTS HAD BEEN REMOVED from the bridge and that only the relevant engineering companies were in possession of the SPECIAL TOOLS” May be true in respect of KELANI and EXPRESSWAY bridges!!??? Nevertheless, reliably understand the 225 BOLTS and NUTS fitted elsewhere, though are ‘IN PLACE’ alongwith, their complementary BOLTS, in “Biological Sense” their FUNCTIONALITY as DESIGNED 08/2020, has been INVALIDATED or SUSPECT!!!??? Therefore NEEDS IMMEADIATE REPLACEMENT of the 225 “Overall Functional Units”, (OFN)!!?? REQUIRE NEW “OFN 2023”, RESTORE FUNCTIOANALITY – IMMINENT!?
Nilmini Welivita Thursday, 20 July 2023 06:13 AM
Search Prasanna Ranatunga's house, you may recover some of the stolen items.
Hunnuplage Sirisena Thursday, 20 July 2023 06:57 AM
How about the ups and bolts of the cabinet? MPs?
J.N. Ramanathan (Attorney-at-Law) Thursday, 20 July 2023 07:02 AM
Durig Covid period if this would have happened, then the Security Forces would have robbed non others.
Prof. J.M.R. Jabeer Thursday, 20 July 2023 07:08 AM
G.I. Pipes, Brass Wire, Lamp posts etc., cannot be transported manually, some heavy vehicles the robbers would have used. Moreover, why then and there the Police did not check the "Nadar"kadda as these things would have been purchased by them. Now it is too late you joker Bandula.
Derrick Wickramaratne (Attorney-at-Law) Thursday, 20 July 2023 10:29 AM
May be you yourself (Bandula) arranged such robberies and playing a drama. Who knows, you are a crook too who played our Sathosa, we will never forget.
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