31st January 2024 20:29:32 Hours
The Sri Lanka Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (SLEME) have made significant advancements in the maintenance and enhancement of the Army's vehicle fleet. In adherence to explicit directives from the Commander of the Army, SLEME recently incorporated ten fully renovated Mitsubishi Lancer CS - 1 as CS II along with Toyota Camry model car into the Army's fleet saving a large sum of foreign exchange for the country. Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage RWP RSP ndu, the Commander of the Army, this afternoon (31), personally inspected these vehicles at the Army Headquarters premises.
After inspecting those newly-repaired vehicles, the Commander of the Army commended SLEME troops for their timely and meticulous efforts to save a large sum of foreign exchange to the country. Moreover, providing guidance to the Senior SLEME Officers who were at the occasion, the Commander of the Army commended the innovative initiative undertaken by SLEME to facilitate the utilization of serviceable equipment and vehicles within Army establishments, resulting in significant cost savings by minimizing expenditures on spares and other components.
This project is now in operation in all provincial SLEME workshops, inclusive of the Colombo Base Workshop, Katubedda Base Workshop, Uda Walawe, Anuradhapura, Kilinochchi, Jaffna and a few other workshops. Condemned push bicycles, motorbikes, light vehicles, vans, lorries, trucks, heavy vehicles and buses are being overhauled, repaired and repainted before re-introducing for the use of the Army under this project.
Directorate of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Colombo Base Workshop closely supervised and monitored the repairing works of overhauled and refurbished Mitsubishi Lancer CS-1 as CS II and Toyota Camry model car.
Deputy Chief of Staff, Adjutant General, Master General Ordnance, Quarter Master General and few other Senior Officers also joined the event.
