President Meets with Road Development Authority Engineers

Government Values Skilled Professionals in Building Expressway Network for Economic Growth – President

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake affirmed that the government fully recognizes the importance of a trained and skilled human resource base in developing an expressway network to foster national economic growth.

The President made these remarks during a discussion held this afternoon (26) at the Presidential Secretariat with engineers of the Road Development Authority (RDA).

He noted that, in recent years, the departure of many RDA engineers from the country had created significant challenges for the government in implementing development projects.

The President stressed the need to address these issues without hindering the continuity of the country’s economic stability.

A detailed discussion was held on the challenges faced by RDA engineers.

Particular attention was drawn to the long-delayed promotions, postponed for several years due to administrative complications, and to the salary disparities between the engineering sector and the engineers of the Road Development Authority. Accordingly, the President instructed officials of the Ministry of Finance to identify and propose feasible measures to provide prompt and fair solutions to these issues.

Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development Bimal Rathnayake, Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Prasanna Gunasena, Secretary to the Ministry Kapila C. K. Perera, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Harshana Suriyapperuma, senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, RDA Chairman T. Paskaran, Director General K. W. Kandambi, and a group of RDA engineers participated in the discussion.