Sri Lanka, July 9 -- Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a pilot program to introduce bus sector clustering across three routes, to curb operational inefficiencies and commuter inconvenience in the public transport sector, Health and Mass Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said.
The initiative will target bus routes 170, 177, and 190 and aims to move away from individual operational units by managing interconnected routes as a single cluster of integrated, coordinated services. Public passenger transport in the island is run by the state-owned Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and a number of independent private operators. The sector is rife with issues, including excessive competition, poor schedule adherence, and an oversupply of buses, unsafe drivi...