Litro management summoned to COPE

COLOMBO (News 1st); The management of Litro Gas Lanka Ltd has been summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) on Friday (20) at 11.00 am to inquire into the current gas shortage and related solutions.

While expressing views in Parliament on Thursday (19) on the need to expedite the gas distribution process the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed to summon the Litro Gas before the COPE to look into the matter.

The first report of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) will be presented to Parliament on Friday (20) by its Chairman, M.P. (Prof.) Tissa Vitharana.

This report contains information on the investigations of 7 Government Institutions summoned by the Committee on Public Accounts during the period from 04.08.2021 to 19.11.2021 and information on investigations pertaining to one particular audit report.

Accordingly, this report contains information on examinations regarding the Department of Probation and Child Care Services, Department of Co-operative Development, Department of Social Development, Department of Excise, Kurunegala Municipal Council, Department of Immigration and Emigration, Ministry of Environment and one special audit report on procurement of medical supplies carried out by the Medical Supplies Division of the Ministry of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, dated March 14, 2018.