Bicycles for schoolchildren

Irangika Range

The National Transport Commission (NTC) will distribute new bicycles among 200 schoolchildren selected from remote areas in the Walapane Divisional Secretariat division.

NTC Chairman Roshan Gunawardene said the Private Transport Services Ministry in collaboration with the NTC has initiated a project called Sisu Seriya to provide free bicycles for students above 12 years in remote areas with an insufficient public transport service.

He said the aim of the government is to provide the best for the children, adding the government is interested in the education of children as much as the development of the country.

"The government is spending a large sum of money on education. It is assisting schoolchildren with aid from the government as well as private sector organisations," he said.