Sri Lanka, Jan. 29 -- The development of public transport sector is a prime need of any country for socio-economic growth. It is more like the yardstick of measuring the level of development of a country. Conformable passenger transportation is important since it can reduce road congestions and improve efficiency of the country in multiple ways.

All the developed countries are blessed with urban mass transportation systems which include monorails, tube trains, and luxury buses. In Sri Lanka, for the past decades, the transport sector has shown minimal progress. The rail sector has witnessed marginal improvements over the decades. Still, buses, built on lorry chassis, ply on Sri Lankan roads. People find travel in such buses a tiresome, d...