Compensate vehicle owners
August 29, 2011 04:09 pm
Committee appointed to investigate the substandard petrol issue has found that proper procurement procedures were not followed and has recommended compensating vehicle owners whose vehicles were damaged due to the substandard petrol.
The 20,000 metric tons of petrol were imported without following proper procurement procedures while 513 metric tons out of that was released directly to the market, the committee appointed to probe the import of the controversial petrol confirms.
The committee comprising M.M.C. Ferdinando (Chairman) , E.M. Piyasena, S.M.C.P. Samaracoon had handed over their final report on the investigation to Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha today (August 29) morning.
The committee also recommends that the either the supplying company should be charged to cover the financial losses suffered by the CPC or gauge the responsibility of the officials to cover the mishap and to cover the loss by fining them.
The 20,000 metric tons of petrol were imported without following proper procurement procedures while 513 metric tons out of that was released directly to the market, the committee appointed to probe the import of the controversial petrol confirms.
The committee comprising M.M.C. Ferdinando (Chairman) , E.M. Piyasena, S.M.C.P. Samaracoon had handed over their final report on the investigation to Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha today (August 29) morning.
The committee also recommends that the either the supplying company should be charged to cover the financial losses suffered by the CPC or gauge the responsibility of the officials to cover the mishap and to cover the loss by fining them.
