Comments on: Transport Ministry incompetence costs Treasury Rs. 1 billion http://www.slrfc.org/2008/08/04/transport-ministry-incompetence-costs-treasury-rs-1-billion Your one stop site for all about Sri Lanka Railways Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:13:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Niran Weerasinghe http://www.slrfc.org/2008/08/04/transport-ministry-incompetence-costs-treasury-rs-1-billion/comment-page-1#comment-384 Niran Weerasinghe Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:21:06 +0000 http://www.slr.sharinfo.net/transport-ministry-incompetence-costs-treasury-rs-1-billion#comment-384 Another of those facile 'promises' by loquacious politicians to fool the gullible. There are plenty of both kinds around. Here are some of the more notable acheivements of the loud mouthed over the past 25 years Underground/overhead Metro system for Colombo (One Metro every time a new government takes office) High speed train to Ruhunupura (Remember CBK's Southern Development Authority ?) Matara to Kataragama extension (how many years ? How many kilometers ?) Mahaweli Railway The Railway cannot meet the salaries and recurrent cost of its inflated work force with its revenue. Neither can the government. It takes almost the same time to travel from Colombo to London as from Colombo to Trincomalee by train. The wastage, neglect and abandon at Ratmalana and Dematagoda workshops are enough to make you cry. Lets build more pie in the sky railways ! Another of those facile ‘promises’ by loquacious politicians to fool the gullible. There are plenty of both kinds around.

Here are some of the more notable acheivements of the loud mouthed over the past 25 years

Underground/overhead Metro system for Colombo (One Metro every time a new government takes office)

High speed train to Ruhunupura (Remember CBK’s Southern Development Authority ?)

Matara to Kataragama extension (how many years ? How many kilometers ?)

Mahaweli Railway

The Railway cannot meet the salaries and recurrent cost of its inflated work force with its revenue. Neither can the government.

It takes almost the same time to travel from Colombo to London as from Colombo to Trincomalee by train.

The wastage, neglect and abandon at Ratmalana and Dematagoda workshops are enough to make you cry.

Lets build more pie in the sky railways !

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