Anti-corruption watchdog halts 20 sewerage projects
The proposed cost was enough to establish sewerage systems in 40 islands, the ACC found.
18 Dec 2018, 9:00 AM
The Anti-Corruption Commission has halted 20 sewerage projects awarded to a Sri Lankan company by the previous administration.
The US$56.2 million contracts signed with Haycarb PLC would cause heavy losses, the watchdog determined, instructing the president’s office and finance ministry this week to terminate the agreements.
The projects for the installation of sewage wastewater removal networks were awarded by the state utility Fenaka Corporation in July.
Haycarb PLC, a Sri Lanka-based company that specialises in coconut shell-activated carbon production, would complete the projects within one and a half years, Fenaka said at the time.
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