Promotions for railway employees

Irangika Range

Four hundred and thirty five employees of the Sri Lanka Railways were promoted for the first time after a lapse of 15 years.

Addressing the ceremony of presenting promotion letters to the 93 posts of the Railway Department in Colombo recently, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said the Railway employees fulfill their duties with maximum dedication.

He said these appointments have been made after the lapse of 15 years, promotions of employees were held in abeyance due to various reasons.

He said many employees who were entitled for promotions in terms of the service constitution had retired from services without obtaining their promotions.

The situation has now been changed and the issues relating to employees’ promotions have been resolved with the formulation of a proper strategy by the authorities. The Minister said he has been able to fulfill the request of the railway trade unions by preparing the service constitution which was not taken up by previous regimes.

The Minister said trade unions of the Sri Lanka Railways always worked with proper coordination and understanding with the political authorities to win their rights. With the human and physical resources improvement in the Department, a giant leap towards development of the Sri Lanka Railways can be expected with the commencement of railway journeys to Jaffna on the Northern line and to Beliatta on the Southern railway line by 2012.