All Ceylon School Children Transport Association held a protest in Colombo over several demands including fuel supply.
The protestors said despite an assurance from the Finance Ministry to provide a relief to their pending lease payments and piling up interests, no action has been to date.
Secretary of the Association, Lalith Chandrasiri said about 48,000 school van/bus owners and drivers are inconvenienced over the shortage of fuel.
“We requested the government to instruct filling stations to give priority to those who have the All-Island School Children Transportation Association’s membership card. We have to be on time to drop and pick up children and cannot wait in queues for hours,” he said, adding that authorities have failed to give a solution to this issue.
“We will be compelled to refrain from transporting school children both due to lease issues and the current fuel shortage,” he said. (Pic by Kithsiri de Mel)
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