Seven out of the ten class M9 Alstom railway engines that the Sri Lanka Railway (SLR) bought in 1997 from France are now out of order and the SLR lacks funds to repair and put them back into use. SLR bought these railway engines at Rs. 20 million each amidst criticism from engineers. The engines [...]
The ten railway engines imported from France during the administration of President Chandrika Kumaratunge appears to have ended up as a white elephant. According to reliable sources, nine out of the ten engines are said to be beyond repair due to crankshaft defects and are lying at a railway grave- yard at Ratmalana, covered with [...]
Railway trade unions claim that the Department had incurred a loss of Rs. 1400 million due to the removal of seven M9 engines from the service. The department imported ten M9 Engines from France in 1997. Unfortunately, only three engines are still in operation, General Secretary of the All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union Sumathipala Manawadu told [...]