Rs.329 M to Purchase Vehicles For Ministers

The government submitted a supplementary estimate yesterday (5)  seeking the approval of the House for a sum of Rs 329 million (329,831,000) to purchase eight more vehicles for various Ministries.

Chief Government Whip and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Mass Media, Gayantha Karunatilake, presented the Supplementary estimate to the House.

According to the estimate, approval of the House has been sought for Rs 43,000,000 to purchase a vehicle for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rs 43,750,000 to purchase a vehicle for the State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply, Rs 43,000,000 to purchase a vehicle for Parliamentary Affairs Secretary of the Prime Minister, Rs 43,000,000 to purchase a vehicle for the Governor of the Eastern Provincial Council Rs 43,000,000to purchase a vehicle for the State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Rs 29,081,000 to purchase a vehicle for the State Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training, Rs 42,000,000 to purchase a vehicle for the Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government and Rs 43,000,000 to purchase a vehicle for the Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages.

The estimate also sought the approval of Parliament for Rs 10,000,000 to meet expenditures on repairs and maintenance of the official residence of the Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Governments.