The Acting Minister of Transport Mr. Rohana Dissanayake said that the demands being made by the private bus operators to permit them to increase the initial bus fare by Rs. 1/= and make the initial bus fare from Rs. 6/- to Rs. 7/- is totally unacceptable and baseless. He said that the normal practice of allowing the bus operators is if the cost of operation has increased over 6%, which includes the cost of fuel, cost of tyres, spares and other accessories and other operational cost.
The Acting Minister said that the cost of expenses has increased only in the range of 1% per cent and hence the bus operators will not be permitted to add a burden to the commuters by increasing the fares.
Referring to the reconstruction work being carried out in Phase I the coastal railway track between Matara and Galle by the Indian Company, Icon, the Acting Minister said that the work is progressing as scheduled and the railway track between Galle and Matara will become operation by 1st of December.(News.lk)
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