It was revealed in Parliament that an international quality inspection had found the coal imported by the Government in 19 shipments for the Lakvijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai to be of substandard quality.
This was disclosed by S. M. Marikkar, Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development, during a speech in Parliament in which he also tabled the relevant inspection reports.
The MP said Bureau Veritas International in Australia had conducted third-party inspections of the coal shipments and that all 19 shipments imported into Sri Lanka had been found to be of substandard quality.
According to the figures presented by the MP in Parliament, the quality values recorded for the 19 shipments were 5,420 for the first shipment, 5,607 for the second, 4,901 for the third, 5,398 for the fourth, 5,503 for the fifth, 5,011 for the sixth, 4,762 for the seventh, 4,776 for the eighth, 4,929 for the ninth, 4,959 for the te