Sri Lanka, Feb. 17 -- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has not yet granted final approval for the proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Colombo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath stated.

Speaking at the weekly Cabinet press briefing today (17), the Foreign Minister said JICA has informed the government that any future decision will be taken only after the successful implementation and evaluation of other projects currently underway.

He noted that construction of multimodal transport hubs is presently in progress and that, while discussions on implementing the LRT project have taken place, final approval from JICA has not yet been received.

Elaborating further, Minister Vijitha Herath stated:

"JICA...