Sri Lanka Mirror has reported that a part of a ship that sank in Trincomalee port without paying sixteen million rupees to the Port Authority was cut into iron by Asha Marine Services (Asha Marine Services).
The company has planned to cut the ship in question completely to iron. Chairman of Port Authority Keerth D. It has been prevented because the cutting of the ship was stopped on January 10, acting on a complaint received by Mr. Bernard.
R.M.G. This ship, owned by a private company named 200, sank in Trincomalee port in Madko area in the year 2000.
The ship sank near the harbor jetty. It has created obstacles for other ships to enter the port. Also, the port authority has informed the company that owns the ship to pay 10 million rupees due to the disruption to the daily operations of the port.
It is said that there are about 1200 tons of iron in this ship, and when the iron cutting was suspended, Asha Marine Services (Asha Marine Services), which was cutting iron here, has finished cutting about 600 tons of iron.
Meanwhile, on the orders of the port chairman, when the ship was stopped from being cut, the ship’s iron was loaded in a lorry. It is also reported that 2.5 million rupees have been given and taken away.
However, it is reported that the Port Authority has informed the concerned company to immediately pay the 16 million rupees due to the port in order to cut the rest of the iron.
It has now been revealed that the company that cut the iron is owned by the husband of the sister-in-law of the wife of former minister Susanta Punchi Nilame.
