Govt moves to expand child-friendly transport

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Colombo, Dec. 25 (Daily Mirror) - The Government has taken further steps to strengthen a child-friendly transport system by translating key policy commitments into action, Minister of Women and Child Affairs Saroja Savitri Paulraj said.

Addressing an official ceremony to hand over vehicles to the Provincial Probation and Child Protection Services Departments at the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla yesterday (24), the Minister said that 2025 is a year in which many promises made under the policy vision “A Rich Country – A Beautiful Life” have been fulfilled.

She said that special attention would be given in the coming year to women and child affairs, with maximum intervention aimed at improving social indicators in line with the country’s economic growth.

As part of this initiative, the 2025 Budget allocated Rs. 250 million to procure vehicles for the safe transportation of children at the provincial level. Accordingly, nine vehicles—one for each province—were officially handed over at the ceremony.

The Minister Highlighted that the Government remains committed to ensuring a safe, respectful and dignified transport system for children in contact with the justice system.

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Sha Thursday, 25 December 2025 04:44 PM

Hah ha! Some times back some luxury CTB buses were imported trust me I have only seen it once. I have no idea where these buses are assigned to. Even normal CTB hill like stair case buses are hard to spot in Colombo compared to other provinces. If you check 100 or 101 route, you will hardly come across a CTB bus. Instead you will find private buses coming with truck load of people every 5 minute. How can we convey this to the President or Prime Minister? I don’t think there’s no way for them to know about this.

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Nimal 1 Thursday, 25 December 2025 09:42 PM

Look at some school buses and school vans and even three wheelers transporting schoolchildren and one can see how we, as a nation are "respecting" our children.

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