The Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Kurunegala· 18 June 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Questions: Questions 1–2 (School Projects, Ministers' Answers and Supplementaries) and Q.633/2025 (stood down), Q.636/2025 (Limestone Transport), Q.715/2025 (Kukuleganga Access Road), Q.724/2025 (Suwaseya Ambulance Service), Q.792/2025 (Bus Route Permits), Minuwangoda Shopping Complex, Tea Factories, and Social Media Provisions

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Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake asked the Minister of Transport whether bus owners who had surrendered National Transport Commission route permits during the import suspension, after selling unserviceable buses, were later charged outstanding “cart sheet” fees by Provincial Passenger Transport Authorities for the non-operational period when deploying new buses. He argued that such charges are unfair because operators could not purchase replacement buses while imports were suspended, and requested the Government’s proposed solution or reasons if no relief is to be provided.

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¶ 01 DEPLOYMENT OF NEW BUSES ON EXISTING ROUTE PERMITS: CHARGE OF OUTSTANDING FEE

¶ 02 Question No. 792/2025 to the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation:

¶ 03 (a) Will he inform this House – (i) that during the period when imports to Sri Lanka were suspended, owners holding route permits issued by the National Transport Commission, having sold buses unfit for operation, had to wait until bus imports restarted to purchase new buses; (ii) that during the said period, those bus owners handed over their route permits to the Commission; (iii) that after bus imports recommenced, when deploying new buses, the Provincial Passenger Transport Authority charges the outstanding “cart sheet” fees even for the period during which the buses did not operate; and (iv) that during the period when bus imports were suspended, they were unable to purchase new buses and therefore could not deploy them; (v) and therefore, that charging outstanding amounts for the non-operational period when issuing the “cart sheet” is unfair?

¶ 04 (b) If so, what solution will be provided?

¶ 05 (c) If not, why?

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 18 June 2025 ·No. 1751280704002343 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 June 2025. No. 1751280704002343. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6766