INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Department of Motor Traffic will be digitized in 2024, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced on Monday (13).While delivering the 2024
budget speech in the Parliament this afternoon, the Head of the State mentioned that a pilot project of running 200 electric buses will also
be commenced jointly with the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) in the Western Province in 2024.In addition, the Kandy multi-transport center
project will be implemented in January 2024, under the loan assistance of the World Bank to overcome the vehicle and passenger traffic in
the historic city of Kandy and integrate train, bus and other taxi services.An allocation of Rs
1.5 billion will be made for the development of the access roads of this center, according to the President.Meanwhile, Wickremesinghe stated
that the Department of Railways will complete the renovation of the railway track from Anuradhapura to Mihintale within January 2024 and