Railway unions yesterday charged that the Mahinda Rajapakse administration is still working on a plan to privatise the Sri Lanka Railway (SLR).
The All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) said that Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma’s statement on the government looking at private sector partnership to revive the country’s railway system was proof that the government [...]
Dullas says obtaining its know-how would not be tantamount to privatization.
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said he would not hesitate to obtain the assistance of the private sector to make the Sri Lanka Railways an efficient and productive state asset that fulfills the aspirations of the public and commuters in particular, if the Railway Department hierarchy [...]
The Government’s efforts to develop and streamline the railway services with the participation of the private sector to provide a better service to railway commuters does not lead to the privatising of the railway services, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.
“In our efforts to streamline the development of the railway services, we need to get the [...]
Out of the four forms of transport systems available to us in Sri Lanka – rail, road, air and shipping’ we have heard about people saying that the National Carrier – SriLankan Airlines – flying our Sri Lanka flag very high, as it is flying into other countries on schedule flights. But most of us [...]
Trade unions affiliated to Sri Lanka Railways have charged that the leasing out of the southern coastal railway line to an Indian rail construction company on July 21 (Monday), was the first step toward the planned railway privatisation programme.
The government on Monday leased out the southern coastal railway line from Galle to Matara to Indian [...]
