SP bus strike continues
By Gamini Madura
Talks held between the private bus operators and the Southern Province transport commission to resolve the four day long bus strike in the South was unsuccessful.
The private bus operators who launched the strike on Thursday demanded that the Transport Minister intervenes to resolve the issue.

A 500 strong group backed by the President of the Private Bus Operators Association in the Southern Province stormed the office of the Southern Transport Commission office on Friday threatening to take the Transport Commissioner and his staff hostage.

The strikers had made ten demands and with no signs of resolution the strike is bound to continue. On the first day of the strike angry commuters are alleged to have damaged a bus. Following this incident private buses ground to a halt. Buses running on the main route including the by roads came to a halt. The Transport Commission has threatened to cancel the route permits if the strike is not called off.

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