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		<title>Power sets to steam long distance travel</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/09/03/power-sets-to-steam-long-distance-travel</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first out of 20 power sets imported from India is due to arrive in Sri Lanka this month. This will strengthen long distance travel on the Southern railway line from Colombo to Matara.
A Sri Lanka Railways Spokesman told the Daily News that this was the first time that the CGR purchased power sets for [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.slrfc.org/2009/12/30/lanka-to-get-additional-33-power-sets' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Lanka to get additional 33 power-sets'>Lanka to get additional 33 power-sets</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.slrfc.org/2010/02/21/cgr-on-right-track-new-power-sets' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: CGR on right track: New power sets'>CGR on right track: New power sets</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.slrfc.org/2010/03/04/more-power-sets-for-southern-line' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: More power sets for Southern line'>More power sets for Southern line</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.slrfc.org/2010/04/23/railway-gets-new-power-sets-from-china' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Railway gets new power sets from China'>Railway gets new power sets from China</a></li>
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		<title>Railway Trade Unions issue warning</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/29/railway-trade-unions-issue-warning</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An invisible hand is interfering with action taken towards the progress of the Railway Department, Railway Trade Union Collective said at a press conference in Colombo Monday. 
Twelve years ago, General Manager Railways P P Wijesekara was accused of bribery and the charge was not proved after an audit inquiry. The same incident has been [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.slrfc.org/2010/03/29/sri-lanka-railway-technical-trade-employees-to-work-to-rule-from-midnight' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sri Lanka Railway technical trade employees to work-to-rule from midnight'>Sri Lanka Railway technical trade employees to work-to-rule from midnight</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.slrfc.org/2010/04/02/railway-unions-want-april-pay-before-new-year' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Railway unions want April pay before New Year'>Railway unions want April pay before New Year</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.slrfc.org/2010/05/11/trade-union-action-keeps-20-locomotives-away-from-tracks' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Trade union action keeps 20 locomotives away from tracks'>Trade union action keeps 20 locomotives away from tracks</a></li>
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		<title>Railways&#8217; General Manager interdicted</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/27/railways-general-manager-interdicted</link>
		<comments>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/27/railways-general-manager-interdicted#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cabinet has decided to interdict Railway General Manager R. P. Wijesekara until the court case involving him on the misappropriation of funds is over, Government sources said.
Earlier, Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said that neither he nor his Secretary had the right to interdict Wijesekara. The matter was referred to the Cabinet this evening and [...]


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		<title>Ferry service between Sri Lanka and India to resume</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/27/ferry-service-between-sri-lanka-and-india-to-resume</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka and India will sign a memorandum of Agreement (Mou) to resume the ferry service between Sri Lanka&#8217;s Thalaimannar of the northwestern coast and Rameswaram in South India. 
A draft agreement to resume the ferry service disrupted by Sri Lanka&#8217;s separatist war, has been prepared according to the India&#8217;s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka [...]


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		<title>Railway Chief faces bribery charges</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/27/railway-chief-faces-bribery-charges</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Railways General Manager (GMR) P.P. Wijesekara has been produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate by the Bribery Commission on charges of having misappropriated public funds amounting to Rs.10 million – but unions complain that the ministry has not taken action against him.
Bribery Commission Director General Lukshmi Jayawickrama told Daily Mirror yesterday there was a prima [...]


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		<title>Over Rs 48 m saved by bulk fuel transfers</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/19/over-rs-48-m-saved-by-bulk-fuel-transfers</link>
		<comments>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/19/over-rs-48-m-saved-by-bulk-fuel-transfers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Petroleum Industries Ministry saved over Rs 48 million in public funds during the past three months by doing bulk transfers of fuel by train which is the cheapest way of transporting fuel. It has also helped increase the income of the Transport Ministry while reducing traffic congestion in Colombo and the suburbs (Dematagoda area), [...]


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		<title>Sri Lanka gives northern rail rebuilding deal to India&#8217;s IRCON</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/18/sri-lanka-gives-northern-rail-rebuilding-deal-to-india</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has given another deal to an Indian company to rebuild part of the northern rail track destroyed by war using a soft loan from the Indian government, officials said.
The Indian government-owned IRCON International signed the contract with the island&#8217;s transport ministry, Tuesday, to rebuild the Medawachchiya-Madhu Road rail track in the north-west at [...]


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		<title>The railway track from Medawachchiya to Talaimannar is to be reconstructed</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2010/08/18/the-railway-track-from-medawachchiya-to-talaimannar-is-to-be-reconstructed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The railway track from Medawachchiya to Talaimannar is to be    re-erected. The Ircon company of India is in charge of construction.  Minister Kumara Welgama and the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Ashok K. Khanth signed the relevant agreement at the transport ministry today.
The railway line is to be constructed under [...]


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