In parallel with other programs to develop the Northern Province, the government is taking actions to uplift the transport service in Jaffna.

In keeping with this effort, the government handed over 54 reconditioned buses to the Northern Sri Lanka Transport Board to strengthen and streamline the transport service in Jaffna Peninsula.

The handing over of these buses to the General Manager of the Northern SLTB took place at a ceremony chaired by Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda at the Jaffna Central College grounds.

The buses would ease the transport problems of the people of Jaffna and the vacancies in the SLTB Northern region would soon be filled, said Minister Devananda.

In the East, the government recently launched a new Rail-Bus service to facilitate transportation between Battticaloa and Trincomalee to reduce travel time between the two cities.