Along re-opened A-9 highway:

Jaffna-Kandy SLTB bus service started

Irangika RANGE

The Government yesterday started the direct SLTB bus service between Jaffna and Kandy along the re-opened Kandy-Jaffna highway(A-9).

A Transport Ministry spokesman said that the first bus services were launched yesterday morning from Jaffna and was scheduled to reach Kandy last night. Meanwhile, the return journey from Kandy to Jaffna was scheduled to commence from Kandy last evening.

Earlier, the bus service along the Jaffna-Kandy highway (A-9) was operated only up to Vavuniya from both destinations.

The bus service on the Jaffna-Kandy highway was discontinued for nearly a decade as the area beyond Vavuniya was under LTTE control.

He said that soon after the completion of demining and the construction of the A-9 highway which was badly damaged by LTTE terrorists, the authorities took measures to commence the service with immediate effect to facilitate Jaffna bound civilians.

Under the first stage, three buses will operate between Jaffna and Kandy and two buses from Kandy to Jaffna daily.