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| Monday, 12 July 2004 |
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by Rajmi Manatunga The Central Transport Board (CTB) has set up a flying squad with a view to minimise malpractices in the state transport service which according to authorities is responsible for the loss of 35 per cent of CTB's earnings. CTB Deputy Chairman Nihal Perera told the Daily News that the flying squad would take steps against fraudulent activities by conductors, drivers, Depot crew and also commuters who travel ticketless. "The move has proved to be successful and there is already a significant increase of profit in the cluster bus companies even before new buses are deployed," Perera said. Within this month alone, 152 conductors have been interdicted for various offences including not issuing tickets and issuing old tickets to commuters after monitoring 15,721 buses. The CTB has also received Rs 116,481 as fines from passengers who were detected for ticketless travelling during this short period. The Squad which carries out raids islandwide has 405 officers functioning in 76 groups. CTB authorities said that most number of the malpractices was reported from the Uva province. The public can forward their complaints to the Transport Ministry on the telephone number 2684929 or to the CTB. |
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