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A film by an Italian documentary maker based on Channel 4′s award-winning Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields has been made public.Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: Eyes On The Ground
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Increasing Indian vehicle prices to benefit China wreaks havoc
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| (Lanka-e-News -19.Nov.2012, 4.00AM) The debt burden contributing budget of MaRa , the only one of its kind in the world which withdrew the taxes on luxury Lamborghini racing cars , while raising the taxes on utility cars mostly used by the common man had created a storm of controversy within the country. Owing to this devastating lopsided policy , the prices of 80 % of the vehicles which are imported from India had shot up in price even above those imported from Japan. Based on unofficial sources , India has issued a warning to SL Govt. in this connexion.Consequent upon these moves , the price of an Indian three wheeler had risen by Rs. 50,000/- , while the price of the cheapest car that is most popular in SL, the Maruti Alto had shot up by Rs. Two and half lakhs. The popular Indian Lorries , Ashok Leyland , TaTa have shot up by Rs. ten lakhs .According to vehicle importers , the import of a second hand Japanese vehicle is better than the import of a brand new Indian vehicle under the circumstances., adding that the opportunity the customers had to import brand new vehicles had been deprived as a result. Using of new vehicles is advantageous to owners because fuel consumption is less and repairs are at a minimum, they point out. These price changes are utterly unjust , and this is a move to benefit the Chinese Co. that is arranging vehicles in SL for the opening of Hambantota and Gampaha , sources say. 20 million dollars is to be invested in the Chinese vehicles to be arranged . The importers and customers accuse that these laws had been introduced to encourage the Sri Lankans to purchase these Chinese vehicles. SL vehicle users are not favorably disposed towards purchasing Chinese lorries and buses . They frown on them because they are full of mechanical problems , and they have no second hand market value. The Chinese three wheelers are as bad. The petrol tank of the Chinese three wheeler is near the passenger’s back . Therefore , if a vehicle meets with an accident from behind , the passenger is vulnerable to catching fire by petrol getting spilt. Hence , the Chinese three wheelers , owing to these numerous drawbacks have no second hand value. |
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