Sri Lanka, March 13 -- Additional Secretary to the President (Clean Sri Lanka Programme), Engineer S.P.C. Sugeeshwara, stated that plans are underway to deploy the low-floor buses, imported for the benefit of persons with disabilities, ahead of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year.

He made these remarks while participating in a special press conference held today (13) at the Department of Government Information, regarding the commencement of the project and the integration of these buses into the public transport service.

Furthermore, he noted that while any citizen may board these buses in addition to persons with disabilities, priority must be given to persons with disabilities throughout their journey whenever they are present.

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