Two Indian companies that have awarded contracts in 2020 to construct 06 oil tanks at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s Kolonnawa oil installation premises, are yet to complete the project, reports say.
The two companies that have been awarded the contract are Indo East Pvt Ltd. and J.K. Mukherjee.
Although they were supposed to build 06 oil tanks, only one has been built so far.
However these two companies had given a subcontract to another company named Gopal, which had violated the original Tender contract, ‘Sri Lanka Mirror’ learns.
The problematic situation resulting in work being hampered had started after the Gopal company and the Mukherjee company had sought legal redress against each other, reports say.
It is said that this Mukherjee company, which has no expertise in building such tanks, was awarded the contract over the whims of a top official of the engineering department at the oil installation and a secretary of a former minister in 2020.
Also, it is reported that the Mukherjee company has been paid well over the estimated amount even ahead of the relevant quarter, despite the non completion of the construction. The quarterly payment made in this manner had even exceeded Rs. 500 million, reports add.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickremesinghe has been remanded until July 01.
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2 ex-heads of govt. institutions, arrested
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested two former Chairmen on corruption charges.
Former Chairman of the Fisheries Corporation – Upali Liyanage and former SriLankan Airlines Chairman – Nishantha Wickremesinghe have been arrested in this manner.
However, Liyanage, who was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayathunga, was released on three sureties amounting to Rs. 5 million.
The body of the undergraduate who had gone missing at the Port City beach, has been found.
The body was found during a search by divers.
(Previous News on 27th June 2025 at 10.06 am)
Undergrad goes missing at Port City beach while snorkeling
A 24-year-old university student from Asgiriya, Gampaha, has gone missing yesterday morning (June 26) while swimming in the sea off the Colombo Port City beach.
According to the police, the student, a resident of Gampaha, was part of a group of students from the Universities of Colombo and Moratuwa who had visited the artificial beach and engaged in snorkelling.
The student failed to resurface, prompting a complaint to the Colombo Port Police.
Lifeguards later recovered the snorkeling gear believed to be belonging to the missing student.
A joint search operation involving Navy divers from the Colombo Port and Rangala Navy Division is currently underway. Further investigations are underway by the Colombo Port Police.