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Sri Lanka Ports Authority has spent 1.2
billion rupees on food for the employees for the year 2022, the Committee on
Public Enterprises (COPE) revealed. The Auditor General told the Committee that 498 million rupees have been spent on
snacks alone, according to Sri Lankan Media reports.
The Port authority controls the Sri Lankan
ports of Colombo and other major ports barring Hambantota
It was also
revealed that there are 914 excess employees in the Ports Authority and that
overtime allowances have been given to the employees despite the excess
employees.
The Committee
questioned the officials present regarding the non-payment of 4.975 million
rupees of the profit earned by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority from the year 2016
to the year 2021, which was to be credited to the Consolidated
Fund.
The officials
who were present stated that they will take measures to pay this amount within
two months.
Accordingly, COPE also instructed the Department of Management Services to pay
attention to the excess number of employees and take necessary action.
