Uniforms to all private bus crew, Gamunu assures

SHIRLEY Wijesinghe

President, Lanka Private Bus Owner's Association Gemunu Wijerathne reiterated that following the instructions of the Supreme Court, ticket issuing machines and uniforms would be provided to all private bus crew by the end of this month.

Wijerathne added that the association was able to provide only 4,000 uniforms due to shortage of uniform material. However about 90 percent of bus fleet had been provided with ticket machines. He was speaking at the Media conference organized yesterday to explain the problems encountered in the issue of ticket machines and uniform materials to the bus crew of the Western Province.

Providing ticket machines suffered a setback due to the actions of some of the companies. One company refused to process the new bus fare rates after anomalies were removed in regard to fares on certain routes especially in the remote areas, Wijerathna said.

Legal action will be taken against those who paste posters on buses during ongoing political campaigns, he said.

He appealed to the public not to hesitate to bring such instances to his notice.