The recent closing of a Transport Ministry tender for 15 rail locomotives has brought back the ghosts of the last such tender.
Out of 10 French locomotives imported in 2000 at a cost of Rs 1.9 billion, seven of them were non functional and had to be scrapped due to various electrical and mechanical problems stemming [...]
The Sri Lankan Railway is beset with two perennial problems: Trains do not operate on scheduled times and the mounting losses occurring in the large-scale purchases of spares and other irregularities continue unabated.
The controversial purchase of the French Alstom engines is a case in point. Eight years ago ten such French engines, each costing Rs. [...]
Sri Lankan Railways (SLR) announced yesterday that over 20 prospective suppliers have collected tender applications from the Ministry of Transport in response to a recent worldwide tender issued by the Ministry to supply 15 locomotives at a cost of over Rs.4.5billion.
“We have received a big response for the tender and more than 20 prospective suppliers [...]
