Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The issuance of travel tickets to private bus passengers will be mandatory from tomorrow (Oct. 1), the Road Passenger Authority of the Western Province has announced.

The Authority noted that starting from tomorrow, passengers traveling in buses without a valid ticket will be fined.

Operations Manager of the Authority Jeevinda Keerthirathna emphasized that conductors who fail to issue tickets will also be fined.

Accordingly, Keerthirathna stated that from tomorrow, all passengers traveling on buses operating within the Western Province will be required to keep their travel ticket with them at all times.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Western Province Road Passenger Transport Authority, Gamini Jasinghe stated fro...