The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation has requested Rs. 240 million from theTreasury for a period of six months to cover the salaries and other essential expenses of the state-run TV station.

This amount has been requested to cover the salaries and essentials of the employees during the period from last February to next July.

The SLRC has also informed the treasury that due to the decline in the corporation's revenue, it will not be sufficient to pay salaries and cover essential expenses.

The gap between the corporation's revenue and expenditure is around Rs. 65 million per month.

The Rupavahini Corporation employs about 862 people and spends around Rs. 90 million a month just to pay their salaries.

The opportunity has also been informed that an additional allowance of Rs. 5,000 has to be paid from January and another Rs. 5 million has to be spent monthly.