INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Transport Minister Dilum Amunugama says the decision on increasing the bus fares will be announced after the meeting of the Cabinet of
Ministers scheduled for tomorrow.In the wake of the fuel price hike announced by the Lanka IOC and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC)
earlier this week, the owners of private sector buses called for a fuel subsidy or a revision in bus fares.Following the discussion held
The associations are also of the same view, he added.The lawmaker hinted at a bus fare revision coming into effect from tomorrow
minister agreed to increase the bus fares
He said the bus fares are not increased arbitrarily, noting that they are resorting to a bus fare revision subject to a certain regulations
and framework of the national policy.
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