CPC and BoI among state enterprises summoned by COPE

Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises Prof. Charitha Herath has announced that the COPE will be meeting for four days from October 20 to 23, according to Director of Communications, Parliament Shan Wijetunga.

The following is the text of statement issued by Wijetunga: “Accordingly, the special audit report on feasibility study and procurement activities of the Central Expressway project will be taken up before the COPE committee on October 20 to which the Road Development Authority and the relevant Project Management Units have been summoned.

Chairman and Parliamentarian Prof. Herath said that the Water Board, the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, the Central Environmental Authority and the local governments have been summoned before the COPE Committee the following day (October 21) to take into discussion the Environmental Audit Report on Water Pollution of the Kelani River.

Meanwhile the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has been summoned before the COPE on October 22 to discuss the Special Audit Report on the storage and distribution of petroleum in Sri Lanka.

In addition, the Coconut Development Authority, the Coconut Cultivation Authority, the Coconut Cultivation Board and the Coconut Research Institute have been summoned before the COPE Committee on October 23.