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		<title>India, Lanka sign $67.4-mn pact for rail upgradation project</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Export-Import Bank of India today signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to provide credit of USD 67.4 million for upgrading the Island nation&#8217;s southern rail line. 
The agreement was signed by P B Jayasundera, Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Planning, and Export-Import Bank of India Executive Director Prabhakar Dalal in the presence [...]


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		<title>Revenues of Sri Lanka Railways up for 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Railways revenues have risen last year earning over four billion rupees, Railways Commercial Superintendent Wijaya Samarasinghe said. 
Last year&#8217;s revenues were 74 million rupees above the target of 3.946 billion rupees set for the year, Mr. Samarasinghe said. The Department earned 4.020 billion in the last year, a 10 percent increase from year [...]


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		<title>Podi Menike gets new observation compartment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Railway Department will introduce a new observation compartment consisting 44 seats to the Podi Menike express train plying from Colombo to Badulla. 
Railways General Manager P.G. Wijesekera said this new compartment will replace the existing 24 seater observation saloon. 
He said these two observation compartments are being manufactured at the Ratmalana Railways factory costing [...]


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		<title>More power sets for Southern line</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government will deploy 20 new power sets imported from India to strengthen long distance travel on the Southern railway line from Colombo to Matara. 
Sri Lanka Railways GMR P.P. Wijesekara told the Daily News that this was the first time the CGR purchased power sets for long distance run. He said these power sets [...]


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		<title>Construction of Nochchimotte bridge complete</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction work on the “Nochchimotte” bridge which is the second largest bridge along the Northern Railway line between Thandikulam to Kankesanthurai has been completed. 
The bridge which was located between Thandikulam and Omanthai railway stations was destroyed during the war. 
The Railway Department’s engineers recently succeeded repairing the bridge at a cost of Rs 30 [...]


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		<title>Railways re-launch container service</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Railway Department has taken measures to re-launch the container service after nearly 20 years, General Manager of Railways P. P. Wijesekera said.
He pointed out that these measures were taken on the advice of Minister of Transport Dallas Allahapperuma not to depend solely on the revenue from tickets.
In the first phase two trains are being [...]


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		<title>CGR promotions delayed by bureaucratic red tape</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Dallas Alahapperuma says that promotions in the CGR have been delayed owing to bureaucratic red tape and political influence. 
The minister said that the public sector employees must get their promotions on the basis of merit and seniority. Promotional prospect of employees was one of the main motivating factors. 
After handing over 435 [...]


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		<title>CGR on right track: Reconstruction of Northern railway track</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/02/21/cgr-on-right-track-reconstruction-of-northern-railway-track</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest investment has been made for the development of Northern railway track which was abandoned for decades. At the beginning the Government decided to implement the project with local funds. Accordingly the Uthuru Mithuru Fund was launched to obtain public support. It was successful to some extent and Rs. 40 million was collected and [...]


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