Anuradhapura district:
Nearly 70 percent school service buses in unroadworthy condition
Amila Prabath WANASINGHE
Nearly 70 percent of school service buses operated in the
Anuradhapura district are in an unroadworthy condition. This was
revealed by a survey of school service buses conducted recently, said
Anuradhapura Motor Traffic Investigation Officer D.S.B. Dissanayake.
A sample of nearly 100 buses were subjected to the survey jointly
conducted by the Provincial Motor Traffic Department, Anuradhapura
Police and the Provincial Road Transport Authority. Out of them 15
percent of the buses were completely beyond and 45 percent had minor
faults and owners were prohibited from deploying them unless they are
repaired.
He said following the order fifty percent of the buses with minor
faults have been now repaired and made roadworthy. |