Railways to collect Rs. 525m as warrants money

Irangika Range

Sri Lanka Railways has to collect Rs.525 million from various Government Departments for warrants issued to public servants. A Sri Lanka Railway’s Spokesman told the Daily News a number of Departments have defaulted on payments to the tune of Rs.525 million to the Sri Lanka Railways for warrants given over the last 10 years.

“Therefore, we have taken a policy decision to suspend the issuing of new warrants for public servants who have not settled the balance payments,” he said.

He said public servants are provided with warrants on credit and these Departments are bound to make the payments to the Railway Department.

“The Railway Department has already informed the defaulted Departments to settle their balance payments with immediate effect,”he said. The Education Department is the biggest defaulter and it has to settle a balance payment of Rs.225 million to the Sri Lanka Railways.