Sri Lanka, Nov. 24 -- The bus fare payment service using bank-issued credit and debit cards was officially launched this morning (24) at the Makumbura Multimodal Transport Center, under the patronage of the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake.

A health inspection was also carried out by the National Transport Medical Institute to determine whether any bus drivers had used narcotic substances.

Accordingly, the bank-card payment system was introduced today for expressway bus services operating on the Makumbura-Matara, Makumbura-Galle, Makumbura-Badulla, and Colombo-Ampara routes.

Addressing the event, Minister Rathnayake stated that the Western Province Road Passenger Transport Authority has alread...