(July 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Government handed over 54 reconditioned buses to the Northern Sri Lanka Transport Board on the last 23rd for strengthening and streamlining the transport service in the peninsula. The handing over of these additional buses to the General Manager of the Northern SLTB took place at a ceremony chaired by Douglas Devananda, Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare, held at the Jaffna Central College grounds.
Basil Rajapaksa, Parliamentarian and Senior Advisor to the President, speaking at the occasion said that it was the sheer efforts put in by Minister Douglas Devananda that made possible to get these buses down to Jaffna from Colombo to join the peninsula’s transport service. He was instrumental and the force behind in attending to the reconditioning of this fleet of buses, Mr. Basil Rajapaksa added.
Minister Devananda in return thanked the President and his senior advisor for extending their fullest co-operation in this endeavour and added that the fleet of buses would strengthen and ease out the transport problems of the people of Jaffna to a very great extent. The Minister also said that the vacancies in the SLTB Northern region would soon be filled-in.
Northern Province Governor, Major General G.A. Chandrasiri, Deputy Minister of Transport Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Jaffna Commander General M. Samarasinghe and many others participated at this ceremony.
-Sri Lanka Guardian
Basil Rajapaksa, Parliamentarian and Senior Advisor to the President, speaking at the occasion said that it was the sheer efforts put in by Minister Douglas Devananda that made possible to get these buses down to Jaffna from Colombo to join the peninsula’s transport service. He was instrumental and the force behind in attending to the reconditioning of this fleet of buses, Mr. Basil Rajapaksa added.
Minister Devananda in return thanked the President and his senior advisor for extending their fullest co-operation in this endeavour and added that the fleet of buses would strengthen and ease out the transport problems of the people of Jaffna to a very great extent. The Minister also said that the vacancies in the SLTB Northern region would soon be filled-in.
Northern Province Governor, Major General G.A. Chandrasiri, Deputy Minister of Transport Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Jaffna Commander General M. Samarasinghe and many others participated at this ceremony.
-Sri Lanka Guardian
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