COLOMBO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday announced that it had decided to suspend a private consultancy firm involved in the construction of the new defence headquarters.
The former Sri Lankan government decided to shift the headquarters of the tri-forces from the capital Colombo to Akuregoda outside Colombo.
Last year current Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake proposed that a committee be appointed to submit a report on the entire project which had been estimated at an exorbitant cost including its scope, total cost, operational time frames and awarding of consultancy contracts and to pursue action in pursuant to the report.
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