Sri Lanka, May 22 -- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday proposed to immediately implement Park and Drive method to ease the heavy traffic congestion.

President's Media Division said that considering heavy traffic congestion on roads during morning and evening hours of weekdays, the President highlighted the necessity of attracting those who are traveling to work in their own vehicles to the public transport system to ease the heavy traffic congestion on roads.

During a discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat to review the current status of SLTB, the President has mooted a set of proposals to transform Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) into a profit-earning and leading entity.

A dedicated school bus service for children should ...