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LNP – Govt. to introduce Metro Bus Unit with 100 comfortable, low-entry buses

The government has planned to deploy 100 comfortable, low-floor buses for passenger transport along several major road corridors, including Colombo, Makumbura (Kottawa), Kaduwela, Kadawatha and Moratuwa

The Cabinet approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation to establish a subsidiary company under the Sri Lanka Transport Board under the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007 and to implement the proposed project.

It was proposed in the budget that a fleet of comfortable and high-tech buses be introduced as a pilot project for the modernisation of public transport services.

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