Sri Lanka’s foreign-funded infrastructure projects, under implantation are either delayed or suspended midway due to lack of proper coordination between various public institutions that implement such projects, a progress review report revealed.
Ceylon Electricity Board had been assigned as the implementation agency of 11 projects of which financial assistance was provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2017/2018.
Various sections of those projects had been implemented by different divisions of the Board.
The progress inspection report observed in the audit that the presentation of financial statements of the projects had been delayed due to not having a proper coordination between those divisions.
The physical progress of those projects has not being attained up to the intended level, the report said.
The Skills Sector Development Project has been implemented from 2014 through nine institutions under the Ministry of Vocational Training with the loan assistance of the
ADB and of the International Development Association.
The main aim of the project was to improve the quality and the international recognition of the vocational training field in Sri Lanka.
Some functions under the Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project had to be either suspended or to be altered due to not having a proper coordination between the institutions of the Ministry of Town Planning and Water Supply, Colombo Municipal Council and the Urban Development Authority.
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