17 October 2022 08:44 pm Views - 4223
With the price of petrol brought down, it will lead to huge traffic congestion on the roads from tomorrow, Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association (LPBOA) Chairman Gemunu Wijerathne said.
Addressing the media, he said the present government has not come on the right track. If petrol prices are reduced, people will try to use alternative modes of transportation such as cars and motorcycles again.
Therefore, the roads will be congested with heavy traffic. This will be a huge issue. During the past few months, the diesel price was reduced but not petrol.
We cannot take any decision on bus fare revision by reducing diesel by Rs. 15. With the traffic congestion, the buses have to burn more diesel from tomorrow and we have to spend more than Rs. 15.
Therefore, we will not take any decision on reducing bus fares," Wijerathne added. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)