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The Railway Trade Union Alliance today staged a protest in front of the Railways Head Quarters in Colombo, demanding that the proposal to convert the Railways Department into an authority be withdrawn and to chase the Government for attempting to sell the State properties. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana


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  • Iwazaru Monday, 05 December 2022 05:06 PM

    The railway needs to converted to an authority and made to work efficiently. Right now the railway people do work but efficiency is low. There is no consideration of cost or time scales.

    susil Monday, 05 December 2022 05:16 PM

    Govt. employees do not want to be acountable but asking for system change

    Karalasingam Sivalingam Monday, 05 December 2022 05:26 PM

    Railway employees are not dedicated to their duties, losses due to overstaff, political appointments, over the years it was a loss making venture all loss making institutions should be privatised.

    No more tax man Monday, 05 December 2022 05:55 PM

    These people are responsible for suffering of people. Inefficiency, wastage, corruption at railways make huge losses which are paid by people as taxes. No more , enough is enough

    Tissa Fernando Monday, 05 December 2022 06:31 PM

    These are properties which are burden to the country. Let it be run by those who are more competent than these union goons.

    SL abroad Monday, 05 December 2022 07:10 PM

    Can’t they exhibit the placards in all three languages. We abroad cannot show these protests to our locals.

    RailwaymanSl Tuesday, 06 December 2022 01:36 AM

    Sri Lanka railways are so backward that they operate 60 year old diesel locomotives. I used to travel on those when I was a child growing up in SL. I see these units still running. The railways need to be privatized to provide tge country with a better service and remove dependency on government funding.


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