Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- Several trade unions of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) commenced trade union action from midnight yesterday (27) based on four demands.

The Chairman of the SLTB 'Samagi Sewaka Sangamaya', Niroshan Sampath Premaratne, stated that the strike was launched in protest against the National Transport Commission's (NTC) decision to implement a unified bus timetable for both SLTB and private buses, along with several other demands.

The Chairman of the Lanka Private Bus Association, Gemunu Wijeratne, also stated that there are many issues with the introduced unified timetable.

However, NTC Chairman Eng. P.A. Chandrapala responded by saying that the unified timetable was created after considering the views of all parti...