The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
The Minister informed Parliament about allegations that an SLTB conductor in the Matugama area had asked schoolchildren to leave a bus. He stated that SLTB policy requires all schoolchildren with season tickets and all passengers to be accepted on SLTB buses, and that the conductor has been removed from duty pending an inquiry and will not be reassigned until investigations are completed.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, with your leave, a brief statement.
¶ 02 There is public discussion on social media about an SLTB conductor in the Matugama area allegedly asking schoolchildren to get off a bus. We have already decided that all children with season tickets and all passengers must be accepted on SLTB buses. I inform the House that SLTB top management has removed the said conductor from all duties pending inquiry; he will not be reassigned until investigations are complete. We have already taken disciplinary action.
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- Hansard, Friday, 7 March 2025 ·No. 1743066559006904 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 March 2025. No. 1743066559006904. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17925