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    President’s attention to introduce a bus travelling card

    April 23, 2016

    Special discussion on the new proposals presented to reform the public transport service in the Central Province was held yesterday (22nd April) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of the President Maithripala Sirisena.

     

    The proposals were presented by the Provincial Public Transport Authority, University of Moratuwa and the Strategic Enterprise Management Agency and the related sectors were participated the discussion.  

     

    During the discussion, the President drew the attention on introducing of an electronic card as a ticket to make the public transport service more effective and also to avoid difficulties face by the passengers due to the competition in the service.

     

    A committee consists of few officials of the Ministry of Transport, Sri Lanka Transport Board and the government treasury will be appointed under the President’s instructions to take future actions on this new system.

     

    Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva, Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Ashoka Abeysinghe, Governor of the Central Province Niluka Ekanayaka, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Transport Board Ramal Siriwardena and the Secretary to the President P. B. Abeykoon were also present.

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