Bus fare revision to be announced tonight

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Colombo, October 1 (Daily Mirror) - The National Transport Commission (NTC) has decided to grant the benefit of recent fuel price revisions while reducing the bus fares.

Commission director General Ms. Nayomi Jayawardana said relavent calculations are underway at the Commission and the new bus fares will be announced at midnight today.

Accordingly, bus fares will be reduced by 4.24%, and the minimum bus fare will be reduced to Rs. 27 by reducing a rupee.

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BUS RIDER SRI LANKA SINCE 1970. Tuesday, 01 October 2024 03:04 PM

Learn to think 'a little bit' OUT-OF-THE-BOX. If you are passengers of buses in Sri Lanka, you will know the difficulty in obtaining the 'balance' in change money. 100% blame should NOT be on the conductor, although at times it may be purposely said. However, if the fares are rounded to the nearest TEN RUPEES it would be very convenient to botth the Conductor and Passenger.

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Hard truth Tuesday, 01 October 2024 05:31 PM

Please make initiative use prepail travel cards. This is one of the way to overcome this problem. Let people tap the card for exact deduction.

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Farook Tuesday, 01 October 2024 06:14 PM

It is the conductor who will gain from the reduction of the 1/- It should have been rounded to 25/-. It is still not late to announce it. I hope justice would be served all round so that everyone is a winner!

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Sambo Tuesday, 01 October 2024 07:18 PM

We are still paying Rs. 30 for the minimum fare as we never get the balance of Rs. 2. So now they will become rich by Rs. 3.

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Passengers Tuesday, 01 October 2024 07:37 PM

When a passenger asked for the 2/- the conductor has the audacity to say that their big boss told passengers to bring the exact bus fare and so the passengers are at fault for not bringing the exact fare. But it's not considered the responsibility of the conductor to charge the correct amount and give the "balance"! This robbery takes place daily and quite openly and shamelessly. Also, is there any way to stop the loud music being played??!!

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Mohamed Ifaz Inamdeen Tuesday, 01 October 2024 07:39 PM

National Transport Commission so-called NTC must bring the minimum fare to LKR 25. Does the NTC take the fuel price reduction happened last time under the Ranil Wickramasinghe government? NTC didn't go for a price reduction last time. So, they've to take collective price reduction.

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Citizen Tuesday, 01 October 2024 08:34 PM

NPP gvt should try to absorb at least 50% of the private buses to SLTB with a JV agreement between bus owners and Gvt in 2025. The industry must be developed, standardized to provide quality and on time bus service. They should target at least 15% reduction in private vehicle usage,so that the fuel consumption should drop islandwide, which will reduce $ outflow , strength the Rupee and could further reduce Diesel price to make transportation industry profitable. In year 3 and 4 the aim should be to import high quality buses, and further reduce the personal vehicle usage.

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ROHINI Tuesday, 01 October 2024 11:58 PM

Why does the conductors carry some small change instead of keeping the balance which in excess. .

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