The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake informed the House that the bus conductor involved in the previous day’s Nuwara Eliya incident had been suspended and was subject to a disciplinary inquiry. He said the Ministry regretted and apologised to the affected schoolchildren, noting that a decision was already in place that no passenger, including students using season tickets, should be left behind.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, since you represent that District, let me inform you. About two hours ago, I said the conductor involved in yesterday’s Nuwara Eliya incident has been suspended, and a disciplinary inquiry is underway. As a Ministry, we have expressed regret to those children. We have also already decided that no passenger, including schoolchildren using season tickets, is to be left behind. Despite that decision, this incident occurred, and we apologise to the children.
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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/17966