1805/’17
Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara,—To ask the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation ,—
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) of the number of locomotives in running conditions out of those that belong to the Department of Sri Lanka Railways; and
(ii) of the types of those engines?
(b) Will he admit that —
(i) locomotives of M2 and M4 types have been utilized in many countries of the world for a long period of time;
(ii) steps are being taken to remove from use 27 locomotives of the aforesaid types; and
(iii) that the Mechanical Engineering Department in Ratmalana has been instructed to stop importation of spare parts for those engines?
(c) Will he also inform this House —
(i) of the objective of condemning and destroying the aforesaid locomotives that can be utilized for many more years;
(ii) whether he is aware that, out of the 09 locomotives of M9 type that were imported from France despite protests from the staff of the Railways Department, only 03 can be used at present; and
(iii) whether steps will be taken to stop removing from use the locomotives of M2 and M4 types?
(d) If not, why?
Asked Date
2017-11-16
Asked by
Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara, M.P.
Ministry
Transport and Civil Aviation
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Removing M2 and M4 engines
Answered Date
0000-00-00
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