Srilanka, June 20 -- Minister Bimal Ratnayake revealed in Parliament that Sri Lanka has suffered financial losses amounting to billions of rupees due to politically influenced changes made to the original design of the Southern Expressway.

He stated that two interchanges, which were not included in the expressway's initial plan, were constructed under political pressure-leading to unnecessary cost escalations and inefficiencies.

Minister Ratnayake emphasized the need to protect large-scale infrastructure projects from political interference to avoid waste of public funds and ensure proper planning and execution.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily News Sri Lanka....