The Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake
Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake raised a supplementary question on delays in inter-provincial, provincial, and rural bus services where integrated timetables are absent. Citing Route 17 between Panadura and Kandy as an example, he asked what steps the Ministry of Transport would take to reduce excessive travel times and slow operations that inconvenience passengers.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 My second supplementary question is this:
¶ 02 Generally, buses operate inter-provincially, intra-provincially, and on rural routes. In provincial and rural operations, there is often no integrated timetable. On routes without an integrated timetable, services run very slowly, causing significant inconvenience to the public, especially regarding time management. I too experienced this on Route 17, Panadura–Kandy, where buses stop at virtually every stand. What steps will the Ministry of Transport take to address the increased travel time and slow operation in inter-provincial and rural services?
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- 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/6770