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’s transport ministry, Tuesday, to rebuild the Medawachchiya-Madhu Road rail track in the north-west at [...]
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 [...]
Railway employees are up in arms against the government’s decision to permit Indian Right Company (IRC) to get down 4000 Indian labourers for the Southern coastal railway track upgrading work, All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) said.
The Indian Right Company (IRC) was awarded the contract for the project on August 1, 2007, allowing them [...]
Indian and Chinese companies have been awarded two deals to modernise and rebuild parts of Sri Lanka’s railway network damaged by war and extend tracks, a government statement said.
It said the Cabinet had approved a deal to rebuild the Northern Railway Line signaling and telecommunication system to be given to the Indian Railway Construction International [...]
Trains in neighbouring Sri Lanka will chug on the rails produced by the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) the flagship entity of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). BSP, which is located about 40 km from here, had bagged an order to supply 6,500 Tonnes (T) of rail in Sri Lanka. The profile of rail [...]
China has agreed to lend $290 million to Sri Lanka to build a new airport and revive its railway network, the island nation’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
China will provide a $190 million loan through its funding arm, Exim Bank, to construct the island’s second airport and $100 million to boost the capacity of the [...]
A proposal to build a bridge linking Sri Lanka and Indian across the Palk Straits is to be discussed at a meeting of south Asian transport ministers in Colombo, a senior official said.
Amal Kumarage, chairman of the island’s National Transport Commission, said the bridge will help Sri Lanka regain its regional identity and be part [...]
India has pledged to provide rail buses to be operated between Batticaloa and Trincomalee and Colombo, Health Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council M.L.A.M. Hizbullah said yesterday.
Accordingly, 67 sets of rail buses will be given to improve the transport services. Each set comprises two buses, and more can be added if the need arises. Seven [...]
