Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana

New Democratic Front· Kalutara· 8 April 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Sri Lanka Transport Board and Railways (383/2025)

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Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana asked the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation to provide detailed operational and financial information on the Sri Lanka Transport Board, including depot numbers, profit and loss status, measures for loss-making depots, bus fleet deployment and removals, reasons for removals, and total employees. He also requested corresponding details on the Department of Railways, including the number of stations, operational and removed trains, reasons for removals, new trains in service, and employee numbers by casual and permanent status.

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¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation:

¶ 02 SRI LANKA TRANSPORT BOARD AND DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS: DETAILS (383/2025)

¶ 03 (a) Will he inform this House the - (i) number of depots which belong to the Sri Lanka Transport Board; (ii) depots which make profits and those which incur losses, separately; (iii) measures to be adopted in regard to depots which incur losses; (iv) number of buses owned by the Board; (v) number of buses currently deployed in running operations and the number removed from the fleet, separately; (vi) reasons for removing the buses from the fleet; and (vii) total number of employees of the SLTB?

¶ 04 (b) Will he also inform this House the - (i) number of railway stations in Sri Lanka; (ii) number of trains currently deployed in running operations and the number removed from the fleet, separately; (iii) reasons for removing trains from the fleet; (iv) number of new trains currently deployed in operations; (v) total number of employees of the Department of Railways; and (vi) number of casual and permanent employees, separately?

¶ 05 (c) If not, why?

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 8 April 2025 ·No. 1747715041076408 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 April 2025. No. 1747715041076408. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15059