Sri Lanka, March 21 -- The Presidential Secretariat currently uses 634 vehicles, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya revealed in Parliament yesterday.

Responding to an oral question raised by MP Chaminda Wijesiri in the House, the Prime Minister said the number of vehicles used by the Presidential Secretariat had, however, been reduced by more than 200 compared to the number used during the tenure of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

She said that the Presidential Secretariat used 833 vehicles during the tenure of President Wickremesinghe.

MP Wijesiri then queried how the Presidential Secretariat could use as many as 634 vehicles. "The government pledged to minimise wastage and to use a minimum number of vehicles. Therefore, how can...