Sri Lanka, June 7 -- Transport associations across Sri Lanka have urged the government to initiate discussions with stakeholders before implementing new regulations concerning private buses, three-wheelers, and vehicles used for transporting schoolchildren.

Chairman of the All Island School Children's Transport Association (AISCTA), Malsiri de Silva, stated that if the government fails to take appropriate measures or consult relevant parties, the association would be compelled to resort to trade union action.

The call for dialogue follows a recent statement made in Parliament by Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake, in which he announced that steps would be taken to regulate various modes of transp...