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Sri Lanka signed a commercial agreement with India yesterday for the reconstruction of the Northern Railway Line from Pallai to Kankesanthurai (KKS) that was destroyed during the conflict.
The 55 kilometre track from Pallai to Kankesanthurai will be reconstructed at a cost of US $ 150 million provided by the Indian government at concessional terms as part of Indian Line of Credit of US$ 800 million.
IRCON International, a leading construction firm in India has undertaken the track- laying work on the Medawachchiya - Madhu Road,
Madhu Road - Thalaimannar, Omanthai - Pallai and the southern railway line sections will also be reconstructed.
Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said that the northern people are eagerly waiting to see the Yal Devi train travel up to Kankasanthurei. That is why, the Transport Ministry decided to expedite the Northern railway track project.
"We expect to complete the construction within the next two years," the minister said. "This will also help to reduce the traffic congestion," he added. The government has realized the impotence of developing the public transport system.
Therefore, huge amounts of money will be allocated through the upcoming budget to uplift the railway service for the benefit of the public. Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Ashok K. Kantha said a joint venture between India and Sri Lanka to construct the Northern railway line is a landmark in the relations of the two nations.
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‘Yal Devi’ again in two years
By Don Asoka Wijewardena
The reconstruction of the Railway track from Pallai to KKS will be completed by 2013. Indian Railway Construction International Ltd (IRCON), which is a government owned company of India, has been awarded the contract to complete the project within two years.
EXIM Bank of India will provide financial assistance to the tune of US$ 50 million for the project.
The Sri Lankan government expects to resume the ‘Yal Devi’ train operation once again, after the completion of the track, Transport Minister Kumara Welgama announced at the agreement signing ceremony between India and Sri Lanka at Taj Samudra Hotel yesterday (18).
Minister Welgama said that the construction of the railway line from Pallai to KKS was badly needed as the people in the North were facing numerous transport difficulties due to inadequate transport facilities. The mission of the government was the provision of a safe, reliable and punctual rail transport service for both passenger and freight.
The distance between Pallai and KKS was 55 km. The IRCON company had undertaken the project to be completed within two years, but engineers were positive that the construction could be completed ahead of schedule. It would be a boon to the people in the North, the Minister added.
Indian High Commissioner Ashok K. Kantha said that India would see things in their correct perspective and assured that the construction would be completed ahead of schedule. The designs of buildings and culverts were according to Indian standards and specifications. Therefore, Sri Lankan Railways would have to check designs with the Sri Lankan standards and specifications. If there were any major discrepancies, IRCON would revise the designs accordingly.
He added that apart from the above observations, the technical proposal would meet the requirements of the railway department. IRCON had agreed with the above observations to make necessary arrangements to comply with such requirements.
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උතුරු දුම්රිය මාර්ගය පුළුල් කරන්න ගිවිසුමක්
ශීලා උඩුවර
උතුරු දුම්රිය මාර්ගයේ පලෙයි සිට කන්කසන්තුරේ දක්වා දුම්රිය මාර්ගය ඉදිකිරීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා දුම්රිය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව හා ඉන්දීය ඉර්කොන් සමාගම ඊයේ (18) උදේ කොළඹ ටාජ් සමුද්ර හෝටලයේදී අස්සන් තැබීය. කිලෝමීටර 55ක් පමණ වන මේ දුම්රියමග ඉදිකිරීම සඳහා අමෙරිකන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 150ක මුදලක් වැයවනු ඇතැයි ගණන් බලා ඇත.
මේ මුදල සහන පොලියක් යටතේ ඉන්දීය රජය ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙත ලබා දෙයි. ප්රවාහන ඇමැති කුමාර වෙල්ගම ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් අශෝක් කේ. කාන්ත යන මහත්වරුන්ගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් සිදුකෙරිණි. මාර්ගයේ ඉදිකිරීම් වසර 2 කින් නිම කිරීමට නියමිතය. මේ මාර්ගයේ ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු ද ඉර්කොන් සමාගමට පැවරීමට ජනාධිපතිතුමාගේ අවසර ලැබුණු බවද ප්රවාහන ඇමැති කුමාර වෙල්ගම මහතා පැවැසීය.
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