Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- The National Joint Three-Wheeler Drivers and Industrial Workers' Association has proposed increasing three-wheeler fares following the latest fuel price hike, its General Secretary L. Rohana Perera said.

Accordingly, the association has proposed increasing the fare for the first kilometre from Rs. 110 to Rs. 120, while the fare for each subsequent kilometre would be increased from Rs. 90 to Rs. 100.

Perera said the association had previously requested a fare revision following an earlier fuel price increase but had received no response.

"Fuel prices have increased by Rs. 25, while the prices of other essential goods have also gone up. Even finding gas has become difficult. We are being pushed into an increasingly ...