The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake outlined ongoing measures to improve SLTB services, including the repair and redeployment of 173 buses and funding for 600 more, with related work expected to be completed by May next year. He said buses for the metropolitan-area Metro Bus Company are expected by June, necessary officers would be recruited by April, and a bank-based bus ticket payment system is targeted for launch by the end of the month. He also acknowledged continuing operational and management problems, noting that both setbacks and improvements are expected in the coming months.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, some progress is visible. If I recall, about 173 broken buses have been repaired and deployed. Funds have been allocated for 600 as well. We think we can complete related tasks by May next year. While we repair buses, others break; there are management issues too. By June, we expect to bring buses for the Metro Bus Company for the metropolitan area. By April at the latest, we hope to recruit the necessary officers for the Metro Bus Company. Also, by end of this month, we aim to launch the bus ticket payment system with bank-based payments. Good and bad happen together; we face both. In the next few months, very bad and very good experiences will occur in relation to SLTB.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 November 2025. No. 22786. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11880