24-hour countrywide railway strike from tomorrow

A countrywide 24-hour railway trade union action will begin from midnight tomorrow in solidarity to the nationwide hartal on Friday (6), Railway Trade Union Alliance (RTUA) Co-Convener S.P. Withanage said.

He told the Daily Mirror that the strike would begin at 12.00 midnight tomotrrow and end at 12.00 midnight on Friday.

More than 40 railway trade unions will join hands in the strike, and more than 1,000 trade unions will join the railway trade unions.

During the strike, there will be no trains running anywhere in the country, he said. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)