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SLFP, UNP book 3,264 buses, two trains for May Day rallies
View(s):More than half the fleet of the state-run Sri Lanka Transport Board buses have been booked for May Day rallies by political parties with the two main parties making most of the bookings, officials said.
For its rally in Kandy, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party has booked 1,832 buses, while the United National Party has booked 1,432 buses for its Campbell Park rally. By Friday, 3,949 buses had been booked, Chief Operating Superintendent P.H.R.T. Chandrasiri told the Sunday Times.
The Joint Opposition has booked only 22 buses to transport its supporters for its rally at the Galle Face Green. The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna has booked 209 buses.
“With a large number of buses reserved for tomorrow there will be only 1300 buses available for normal services on May Day,” he said.
In addition, the SLFP and the UNP have also booked two trains.
Railway’s Superintendent Wijaya Samarasinghe said the UNP has booked a train of six compartments from Kurunegala to Maradana and back to Kurunegala while the SLFP has booked a train of seven compartments from Colombo Fort to Kandy and back to Maradana.
He said normal train services would be in operation on May Day.