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Bus fare increase; associations demand fuel concession
COLOMBO (News 1st); State minister Dilum Amunugama says bus fares will have to be increased in the coming days.He made these remarks after a meeting with representatives of private bus associations at the transport ministry on Wednesday (22).The President of the Lanka Private Bus Owners Association, Gemunu Wijeratne said that 12 criteria are factored into the compiling of the price formula for buses, and Diesel is one such aspect, which the one-third of the bus fares depend on,Therefore, Wijeratne stated that he will submit the relevant data to the National Transport Commission in the coming days, and said that they assume that bus fares would be revised by about 15% or 20%.Meanwhile, Dilum Amunugama, the State Minister of Transport said