Committee report on gas incidents to President on Monday (20)

COLOMBO (News 1st); The committee appointed by the President to inquire into gas-related accidents and provide recommendations, will submit its report to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday (20).

The Chairman of the committee Professor Shantha Walpola told News 1st that the report will be handed over at around 3:30 on Monday (20) evening.

President Rajapaksa appointed the committee to look into a spate of incidents reported to have occurred at domestic and commercial settings such as restaurants and sales outlets in various parts of the country.

Chaired by Prof Shantha Walpola from the University of Moratuwa, the committee comprises Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) Deshabandu Tennakoon, Prof Ajith De Alwis, University of Moratuwa, Prof W D W Jayathilaka, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof Pradeep Jayaweera, Prof Narayan Sirimuthu, Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission, Dr Sudarshana Somasiri, Additional Director General of Technical Services and Sujeewa Mahagama, Senior Deputy Director of the Sri Lanka Standards institute.